Viejas Casino and Fox 5 San Diego Roll Out the “Cash Cube” to Raise Money for Local Charities

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viejas Casino and Fox 5 San Diego rolled out the Viejas Cash Cube today to help raise money for San Diego area charities. Today’s event kicked off the month-long Cool Cash promotion at Viejas Casino, where over $1,000,000 is up for grabs in August.

“Easy to Get to, Hard to Leave”

Today on the “Fox 5 Morning News” program, meteorologist Chrissy Russo and news anchors Shally Zomorodi and Paul Bloom each had an opportunity to enter the Viejas Cash Cube to raise money for their chosen charities – the San Diego chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the local USO and the local Armed Forces YMCA. The Cash Cube was loaded with $100 bills and each person had 30 seconds to grab as many $100 bills as possible as the money blew around the Cash Cube for 30 seconds.

Shally grabbed the most, $5,000, so Viejas offered to match that same amount for each of the charities, bringing the grand total provided to all three charities to $15,000.

Viejas Tribal Chairman Bobby L. Barrett said, “Today’s event on Fox 5 is a fun way to kick off a full month of excitement at Viejas Casino, while partnering with Fox 5 to support each of these important charities. JDRF’s work is a good example. The rate of diabetes among Native Americans is more than double the national average, so we greatly appreciate the work that the local JDRF chapter has done and we thank Fox 5 San Diego for helping us support JDRF and other charities in our community.”

During the month of August, guests at Viejas Casino can earn their own chance to enter the Viejas Cash Cube and grab as much cash as they can. From August 1^st to August 31^st, guests can earn Cool Cash drawing tickets with slot, bingo and table games play. Cool Cash drawings will be held every Thursday, Saturday and Monday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. That’s eight winners a night, 96 winners all month and over $1,000,000 up for grabs in August. For more information on all of Viejas Casino’s promotions in August, including Cool Cash, visit www.viejas.com.

About Viejas Casino

Viejas Casino has been voted San Diego’s “Best Casino” for ten years in a row.

Located directly off I-8 just 35 miles east of San Diego, Viejas Casino is “Easy to Get to, Hard to Leave” with thousands of slot machines; over 80 table games such as $1 and $2 Blackjack, no-commission EZ Baccarat and Pai Gow; a Poker Room; an off-track betting facility; bingo hall; and a wide variety of restaurants including the award-winning Grove Steakhouse and the Harvest Buffet. For more information, visit www.viejas.com or call 1-800-847-6537.

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