These days more and more Southern California casinos are offering guests extraordinary values to extend their entertainment dollars. And here are just a few from our featured casinos for September. To take advantage of these great deals, you must be a players club member at each casino. So be certain to sign up for a players club card at every casino you play in. Casino players club membership is always free and extends your play by delivering great perks like these. And you may even receive some great new member giveaways.

What’s in your wallet? That’s the catch phrase of a major credit card company’s advertising, and if you are like most Americans, your wallet probably contains a credit card or two along with an atm/debit card. In fact, the average number of credit/debit cards per person in the United States is 3.5 cards. A Nilson Report showed at the end of 2009 there were 576.4 million credit cards and 507 million debit cards in circulation.

When my friend Brian pays a restaurant bill, he likes to ask the cashier, “Do you accept cash?” They usually laugh at the joke, but the reality is that each year more and more people are reaching for the “plastic” instead of cash to pay for their purchases.

Many people have credit cards that are linked to a bonus program that offers cash back, airline tickets, or some other merchandise they can purchase with points they earn for each dollar they charge. This encourages people to charge items rather than pay cash for them. Credit card debt is the financial ruin of many people these days. It is too easy to get caught up in the “buy now, pay later” mentality.

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The Lord of the Rings™ video slot is an epic gaming experience based on the epic film fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The story follows hobbit Frodo Baggins, who is called to leave his quiet beginnings in the Shire and set out on a quest to destroy a magic ring that he inherited from his uncle, Bilbo Baggins.