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HOPLAND – Hopland Shokawah Casino has donated a total of 1,296 decks of playing cards to members of the US Marine Corp stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Table Games Manager Mike Bull, who arranged the donation, explained the highly unusual nature of the gift.
“These casino playing cards had never been opened or used,” Bull said. “Their cases were still sealed and the decks inside of the cases still contained their original factory seals as well.”
Bull said casinos use security seals, tape, labels, holograms and other tamper evident devices on their decks to prevent cheating. The donated decks were not marked, disfigured or drilled, and didn't have shaved corners to prevent them from being tampered with in order to sneak them back into the casino.
It turned out that the casino did not break internal security protocols with its donation as they had just switched card manufacturers and the new decks were totally different from the old decks which would never be allowed in the casino again and consequently did not have to be disfigured.
Gunnery Sergeant Corry Wilhoit who, along with Gunnery Sergeant Sheryl Wilhoit, accepted the gift, expressed the Marines' appreciation.
“Thank you sir, Our people in Iraq and Afghanistan will really appreciate these,” he told Bull.
Sho-Ka-Wah Casino is an enterprise of the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians and opened in August of 1998 and has steadily expanded to over 580 slot machines, nine table games, three restaurants (Taqueria Villa, Hawk’s Nest Bar and Grill and The Many Fires Steakhouse).
Over the course of the past eleven years, the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians has succeeded in building a strong support system for their members (including health benefits, educational assistance, housing and social services) and upgrading infrastructure for their schools and libraries while providing financial assistance and services to many local organizations.
Visit Shokawah online at www.shokawah.com .
