Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Casino Resort

Nevada Entertainment By: Chad Gunn

Harrah's Entertainment is one of the top names in entertainment. In fact they can honestly boast they are the world's largest provider of casino fun with an owned and managed empire covering four continents and employing more than 85,000 people. They offer more than 35 casino properties in the US and it all started in Reno, Nevada over 70 years ago.

Their properties here include Harrah's Lake TahoeHotel and Casino, Harveys Lake Tahoeand Harrah's Renowhich features over 900 slots, the full gamut of Table Games, Poker tournaments including quarterly WSOP qualifiers, a Racebook and full service Sportsbook, and of course Keno. I know a guy who gets the Royal Treatment at Harrah's Tahoe.

They'll fly him out there any time he says he's ready (the whole family too!) He gets limo service, free snowmobiles in the winter, chartered boats for fishing when the weather is right, concierge service fit for a sheik and they even comp his suite rooms, drinks, and meals like 4-Queens used to do for me back when I was a roller. Read on.....

I mention 4-Queensbecause they were the first Vegas Casino that knew how to treat me, and they were the first casino I trusted with a 'rewards card'. My host told me to let him know where I would be playing and he'd 'look after me'. So I gave the pit boss my number and he told the dealer to track my play. I couldn't stop winning, and losing, and winning, and losing... Two weeks later I get a phone call from a nice lady offering me, more or less, the key to the city. That's pretty much how Harrah's works their Total Rewardsplayer loyalty program now. Just track your play at any Harrahs property and you will reap the rewards.

The hotel at Harrah's Lake Tahoe is an impressive 18-story building with very nice guest rooms and suites, great restaurants, a luxurious spa and awesome pool. Of course the casino is world class too! There's top name entertainment in the South Shore Roomjust as there has been for 50 years, as well as great free entertainment at the Casino Center Stage. Be sure to take in a comedy show at The Improv at Harveystoo. Another favorite of TheGamblingGuru's is the VEX Night Clubat Harrah's, where the VEX Girls perform!

$101 NT at Harrahs Lake Tahoe + $25 a day dining credit + 2 for 1 Improv!

For slot players there are over 900 machines and they also have jackpots linked across the state of Nevada for life-changing win potentials. Scattered through out the casino, these progressives like Jackpot Party, Blazing 7's and Penny Train along with all kinds of video poker progressives of all denominations can pay out astounding sums. Harrah's Lake Tahoe also has the new and highly popular video slot game 'The Lord Of The Rings'. Mega Bucks are there as well. See the current MegaJackpot Meters in Nevada now!

Whether you just get hungry for a buffet or are a true connoisseur of fine dining there is a restaurant for you here too. There are several places for burgers and snacks or drop in to Friday's Steak & Seafood Grillfor their award winning fare of Angus beef and ocean fresh seafood. Enjoy your view of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding Sierra Nevada Mountain Range while dining on the top floor of Harrah's Hotel.

Lake Tahoe is also well known for having the highest concentration of world-class ski resorts. There is a wide variety of ski runs from the bunny slopes to the advanced slopes that will afford every winter sports enthusiast with endless thrills at one of the ski resorts in Lake Tahoe! Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort is adjacent to Harrah's and the Heavenly Gondola is just a short walk away and takes you up to the California or Nevada runs of Heavenly.

Both Harrah's & Harveys Lake Tahoe offer fantastic ski packages that include awesome amenities and lift passes to your favorite area resorts! Harrah's Lake Tahoe is a true all season resort; golf, ski, gamble, dine, dance, tour... it's all there!



$12,000 Jackpot Win!: Here's a pic that Claire Voyant (one of the GamblingGurus writers) shared with us from one of her past trips to Harrah's Lake Tahoe where she had a nice little win one night while betting $10 bucks on the Double Red, White & Blue Slot Machine. She said: "The Red7 rolled up with the Two Double Wild Symbols and I just about fainted!" She also added that, this machine was one of her favorite 3-Reel Slot Machines too!  We guess so Claire, nice win!

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