River Rock is the only casino in Sonoma County to offer the game, a casino spokeswoman said. The wheel gives the game a bit of Vegas-style excitement, but players don't know if they've won until the card is turned. Each deck has 38 cards, one for each of the 38 spaces on a roulette board, with numbers 1 to 36, 0 and 00. If the ball lands in a blue slot, a card is drawn from the blue deck. Instead each slot has one of four colors - green, blue, white and burgundy (it is in Wine Country, after all) - and there's a deck of cards that corresponds to each color. Here's how it works: The game starts with a spin of a roulette-style wheel and ball, but this wheel has no numbers.

California law prohibits gambling games that are decided by a ball - or by dice - so this version of roulette is ultimately determined by cards. River Rock's most popular game may be its unusual version of roulette. On Veterans Day, Saturday, the casino is offering free American flag T-shirts to players who earn points between noon and 8 p.m. In addition to the car, players have a chance to win $500 and $100. River Rock's outdoor deck offers views of the vineyards and hillsides - though the fire came close to the casino, the nearby burn areas are obscured by a ridge so the surrounding landscape appears unscathed.Īmong the upcoming events this month at River Rock is the $120,000 BMW & Cash Giveaway on Nov. When the fire approached River Rock, the baskets were moved to the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, a casino official said. The only change was that the casino's display of priceless baskets woven by ancestral tribal members was absent. Owned and operated by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, the gaming area was busy, with slots dinging away. River Rock, 4 miles east of Geyserville on Highway 128, appeared to have gotten back to normal. Four Barrel to change its name to the Tide Editorial: ICE director bullies California politicians over. Your paycheck may be going up soon because of tax cuts Pelosi's son hobnobs with the Trumps at Mar-a-Lago Four Barrel, burned by sexual misconduct backlash, changing. Shove by Oakland city councilwoman could cost taxpayers $3. So on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I drove the back roads of the Alexander Valley, past grapevines turning red, to see how the casino was doing.įour Barrel Coffee founder Jeremy Tooker accused of sexual. It's been about a month since the Pocket Fire burned to within a quarter mile of River Rock Casino, which led to its weeklong closure from Oct.

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