November 10, 2009
BIMP-EAGA, Business, Consumer, Corporate, Davao City, Entertainment, Features, Island Garden City of Samal, Leisure, Mindanaoan Update, Opinion, Personal, Society, Technology, Tourism
This is part 2 of my Casino Filipino Davao City – What to expect and what to do blog post series. Like I previously mentioned, Mindanaoan thought of writing this series because I know that there are still a lot of Pinoys out there who shun from casinos and betting stations. I DO NOT, however, advocate gambling. I just want to share with you all how life is inside a 24/7 casino, what you can see in PAGCOR Davao, what you can do in a Casino Filipino branch and how you can avail of freebies be they be food, bets, chips, tokens, concert tickets etc.
So are you now curious about what’s going on inside this 24-hour casino in Davao City, Mindanao?
Now that you already have your Casino Filipino Privilege Card, the next step would be to check out the various areas inside this casino. You can find rows and rows of slot machines near the entrance. Most of the slot machines there are “linked” – meaning that they have special “bonuses” and you also have the chance of winning large jackpot prizes. One “linked” area is the “King of Sport.” At any time while you’re playing, the games may be suspended and you may be assigned a horse. All of the machines that have been assigned with horses will then engage in a “virtual horse race” – you will have the chance of winning as little as P3,000 and as large as P1,000,000.00 Another linked area is a train type of game.
LikeNovember 5, 2009
BIMP-EAGA, Business, Consumer, Corporate, Davao City, Entertainment, Events, Features, Island Garden City of Samal, Leisure, Mindanaoan Update, Opinion, Personal, Society, Technology, Tourism
Have you ever been to PAGCOR Davao? Curious about what’s going on inside this 24-hour casino in Davao City, Mindanao? If you haven’t yet, then allow this little write-up series to be your friendly, handy little guide of sorts to Casino Filipino Davao.
Mindanaoan thought of writing this series because I know that there are still a lot of Pinoys out there who shun from casinos and betting stations. I am, however, in no means advocating gambling. I just want to share with you all how life is inside a casino, what you can see in PAGCOR Davao, what you can do in a Casino Filipino branch and how you can avail of freebies be they be food, bets, chips, tokens, concert tickets etc.
First of all, a little backgrounder. PAGCOR or the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation operates 13 PAGCOR branches and 25 exclusive PAGCOR Clubs. In fact, there’s another PAGCOR branch in Davao located at the Apo View Hotel but it’s a VIP Club. PAGCOR branches can be found in major cities across the country and these are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
PAGCOR DAVAO branch meanwhile is located at the Grand Regal Hotel in Lanang, Davao City, Philippines
How to get to PAGCOR Davao Casino Filipino – you can take a cab and just tell the driver to proceed to Grand Regal Hotel. From the airport, the hotel is around 5 minutes away. From the city proper, it’s about 15 minutes away. You can also take jeepneys that pass through the LANANG route.
This post is the second for Mindanaoan’s “Things To Do [in a particular Mindanao city or Mindanao province]” series. Here’s one thing you can do if you’ve done just about everything in Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao (dubbed the City of Golden Friendship) and you need something to keep yourself preoccupied – play bingo! Yup, I’ve been “bingo crazy” these past few weeks. First, I played at a recent charity bingo event in Casino Filipino, Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City and then a week later, I found myself playing bingo for two days (!) in Lim Ket Kai Mall, CDO. Not that all I did was play bingo, of course. I also shopped in between games, ate and watched “Twilight” (which, in my own humble opinion, by the way, was more of hype and cheesy teenybopper-kilig lines…Robert Pattinson is a bit of a charmer, though, and he was cute in Harry Potter — he played Cedric, remember?)
Anyways, my 2-day bingo experience in LimKetKai Mall wasn’t all in vain, mind you! I WON TWICE! 
My first win was supposed to be P1,000.00 but there were two of us so each of us only got P500.00 (the bingo card was worth P5.00). That happened during my first day playing bingo. On the second day, I won again. The pot money was P1,500.00 (the bingo card I bought was worth P10.00) but again, there were two winners (the other winner was in Iligan City…apparently, the bingo games in CDO were also broadcasted live via Skype in Iligan…high tech, di ba?) so each of us only received P750.00. Not much but hey, I had fun! Plus at least I had money for lunch and dinner 
What about you? Do you play bingo as well?
This post is the first for Mindanaoan’s “Things To Do [in a particular Mindanao city or Mindanao province]” series. Naturally, as a certified Dabawenya, the first entry is about my beloved hometown So here’s one thing you can do in Davao City on a Sunday – play bingo and help others at the same time!
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) – Davao branch is regularly hosting a Charity Bingo event every Sunday, 1-4PM at the Entertainment Area of Casino Filipino – Grand Regal Hotel, Lanang, Davao City. Each ticket only costs P300.00 (roughly US$8.00) and that entitles you to 4 bingo cards which you can use for ten (10) games (you also have the option to buy extra cards from the game marshals around the area). There are also special games like the Super 6 Bingo, Super 8 Bingo and Charity Bingo game. You can purchase your bingo cards for those special games from the game marshals (you can’t miss them, they all wear striking yellow vests)
Prizes start at P3,000. The largest prize pot starts at P100,000 (P75,000 for the Large Frame pattern). Not a P300.00 investment if you win P100,000, right?
What’s also cool about this regular Sunday afternoon bingo session at PAGCOR Davao City is that there’s a beneficiary (or two). So this charity bingo event is not only a fun way to spend your Sunday but also a way for you to help others.
If you’re interested to purchase tickets, you may call PAGCOR Davao at (082) 2343997 or 2343998.
Have fun and good luck!
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