Archives for December 2014

January Spa Specials at Borgata

December 31, 2014 by Jen Jones Leave a Comment

The holidays are great aren’t they?

All that shopping and running around. Decorating everything that doesn’t move. There’s cooking, eating, cooking some more, eating, cooking, eating some more.

There’s the drives to see relatives in 27 different states or the reverse fun of having 71 relatives visit you in your three-bedroom house with two baths.

Then some cooking and eating.

And finally, a massive New Year’s Eve party with cooking and eating and drinking and dancing and eating followed by a day of watching parades and football and then cooking and eating.

Yes, the holidays are great. Sure you gained 15 pounds, you’re a nervous wreck and you haven’t seen the bathroom floor through the wet towels in two weeks, but hey, the holidays are gre … You know what?

You could probably use a break.

January may just be the perfect month to take advantage of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s special offers at our spas and workout facilities.

First of all, we’ve just fixed up The Pump Room at Spa Toccare making it the perfect place to work off Aunt Mabel’s double-frosted, chocolate-chip, sugar cookies or whatever she calls them.

Second, the services at both Spa Toccare and Immersion Spa are designed to relax, relieve, rejuvenate and restore. And who doesn’t need that, what with that Super Bowl party you have to plan coming up?

Here’s a look at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s January spa specials. They’ll fit in perfectly—right after you take down the tree.

JANUARY 2015 SPA, SALON & BARBERSHOP SPECIALS

Spa Toccare and Immersion

New Year, New You Massage ($110/50 minutes)

Allow our therapists to help you create a new you with this light and refreshing buttermint scented massage, topped with a peppermint sugar scrub for your hands or feet.

Hot Toddy Body Wrap ($110/50 minutes)

Skip the slopes and go right to the lodge for this wrap that will have your body drinking in the hydration. We’ll begin with a dry brush exfoliation followed by a warm cinnamon wrap, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, we apply a warm orange inspired hydrating lotion.

Universal Facial ($110/50 minutes)

This facial customized to perfection will fulfill your skin care desires. It’s a new year, time to control your destiny!

The Salon

Discipline Ritual by Kerastase – 20% discount

Chase away the winter dryness with this deeply moisturizing hair treatment. Perfect for normal to fine hair. With your treatment, enjoy 10% off any Discipline hair care product for home use.

Complimentary Paraffin Treatment

Fight the winter dryness!!! Book any 50-minute or longer manicure and receive a complimentary paraffin treatment on your hands.

Barbershop

Book any 60-minute or longer experience and receive complimentary access to the Spa Toccare Men’s Lounge.

DISCLAIMER:

Daily availability of services/offers subject to change. Promotions not available Saturdays and Sunday 1/18/2015. Must be 18 years of age or older to book spa, salon or barbershop appointments. May not be combined with any other offer. One promotional service type may be booked per customer per day.

Last Minute NYE Planning? Borgata Has You Covered

December 31, 2014 by Brian Burke 1 Comment

New Year’s Eve is here.

Now for those people out there who are good at planning—you know the kind of people who made reservations for a Time’s Square hotel six years ago—that’s no big deal.

But for everybody else, it’s time to panic. Where do we go? Where’s the best party?

One answer—Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

Even the plan aheaders (those who plan ahead?) know that. Just check out this New Year’s lineup at Borgata.

Events for New Year’s Eve include:

Casino Promos

$1,414 BONUS SLOT DOLLARS®

One winner every 14 minutes

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Noon – 7 P.M.

28 West

Open 5pm to 2am. Live performance by James Barr at 8:30pm.

Borgata Buffet

New Year’s Eve:

Brunch: 8am – 1pm

Dinner 4pm – 10:30pm – $54.95 per person.

Borgata Comedy Club

JEFF PIRRAMI, JOHN PIZZI, JOEY KOLA

December 31, 2014 AT 7:00 PM

The Music Box – $20

The Burlesque Show

December 31, 2014 AT 10:00 PM

The Music Box – $25

Read about The Burlesque Show

And our special New Year’s Eve bashes at Borgata’s hottest clubs.

Gypsy bar – doors open at 7pm – $99 per person – music by 3AM & Goodman Fiske

MIXX – doors open at 9pm – dance with Skylar Gray

mur.mur – doors open at 9pm – Fashen with Skylar Gray

See, no need to panic. Nobody does 2015 like Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

January Heats Up in the Borgata Poker Room

December 30, 2014 by Becky Grimm 3 Comments

The holiday season may be over after the last New Year’s Day football game winds down, but it also marks the beginning of another hot, action-packed season in the Borgata Poker Room.

We call it January.

Starting with a New Year’s Day Tournament and ending with the Borgata Winter Poker Open, January may be cold and bleak outside, but promises to be a grinder’s paradise inside the Borgata Poker Room.

First up, we continue the Borgata High Hand Challenge.

Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday in January (including New Year’s Day), get paid for your high hand.

Win $250 if your hand goes unbeaten for 60 minutes, or $50 if you’re knocked out. A total of $2,000 will be awarded every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday starting at Noon.

Full house or better qualifies for the initial High Hand.

January also sees the continuation of Super Bonus Comp Dollars in the Borgata Poker Room.

Play a minimum of 50 live action hours from January 1 – 31 and earn SUPER BONUS COMP DOLLARS.

Play Hours: Receive

50-59: $40

60-64: $50

65-69: $55

70-74: $60

75-79: $65

80-84: $70

85+: $75

Comp Dollars are good for food, drinks and entertainment. Click here for a list of eligible games.

Borgata’s Exclusive Tournament Player Offer also continues in January.

For every five Borgata Poker tournaments you enter, from January 1 – 31, 2015 receive a complimentary Borgata Buffet to redeem in February. Tournaments include Daily Tournaments, Satellites and Winter Poker Open tournaments in January.

That satellite includes two Borgata Winter Poker Open Qualifiers scheduled for January 12 at noon and 4pm respectively.

12PM Winter Poker Open Event 1 Qualifier

$110 + $20 NLH RE (1 in 5 win seats)

4PM Winter Poker Open WPT Championship Qualifier

$350 + $50 NLH RE (1 in 10 win seats)

And of course, the Borgata Winter Poker Open begins January 13 and runs to January 30 with 43 scheduled events.

Highlights include:

Borgata $2 Million Live streamed Opening Event

Tuesday, January 13 – Friday, January 16

Big Stack No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry

$500 Buy-in + $60 Entry

Borgata $1 Million Live streamed Event 15

Wednesday, January 21 – Saturday, January 24

Big Stack No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry

$400 Buy-In + $50 Entry

WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Televised Championship Event

$3 Million Guaranteed

Sunday, January 25 – Friday, January 30

$3,300 Buy-In + $200 Entry

January isn’t looking too bleak at all in the Borgata Poker Room.

Online Winners for December 15 – 21

December 29, 2014 by Becky Grimm Leave a Comment

Last week’s list of online winners (December 15 – 21) at BorgataCasino.com and BorgataPoker.com includes a grand prize winner (12 days of WIN-ter Sweepstakes), a poker winner (Sunday $50K) and a slots winner (Loot’EnKhamun). That’s kind of a nice rundown of all the ways Borgata can make you a winner online.

And with about $24,000 in wins, our online winners are going to be able to get some nice stocking stuffers for the family.

So, when’s your name going to make the list?

Here’s the online winners for December 15 – 21:

– On December 15, Linda from Allendale, New Jersey, bet $2 on the Loot’EnKhamun slots game and won $3,976 at BorgataCasino.com.

– On December 21, Ahmad from Monroe Township, New Jersey, took 1st place in the Sunday $50,000 Guaranteed Poker Tournament and took home $10,000 at BorgataPoker.com.

– On December 21, Sandra from Freehold, New Jersey, won the Grand Prize of $10,000 cash in the 12 Days of WIN-ter Sweepstakes.

#NowThatsAWin

The Burlesque Show Holiday Edition at Borgata’s Music Box

December 29, 2014 by Carie York Leave a Comment

Borgata’s Burlesque Show has been raising eyebrows, temperatures and the roof since the spring and in the process offered up some of the bawdiest entertainment Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has put on all year.

Yes, we said bawdy. We also said ribald, uninhibited and very sexy when we started The Burlesque Show’s second season at Borgata this spring. (check out our blog post at the time).

Now you would think something fitting that description would never get old. And it never did, becoming a staple at Borgata Music Box all summer.

And now we’ve just made it a lot fresher. In fact, it’s holiday fresh.

The Burlesque Show’s Holiday Edition has added 25 percent new material, specifically, a winter-themed performance built around Burlesque star Cassandra Rosebeetle.

Rosebeetle (which by the way is one of the greatest names we’ve ever heard) is a figure skater/burlesque performer.

We’ll just let that sink in for a moment. She figure skates and she does sexy Burlesque striptease. Kind of makes you re-imagine the Olympics, huh?

Cassandra spent 15 years as a competitive ice skater and then set off on one of the greatest Burlesque resumes you’ve ever seen. She’s a dancer, a go-go dancer, a belly dancer and has even taken the old sideshow art of glass walking and combined it with Burlesque and dance.

For Borgata’s Burlesque Show, she’s emphasizing her skating background. Rosebeetle skates on synthetic ice while performing her routine. The show includes a new winter-themed Rockefeller Center dance production number around her act.

“I started ice skating at age five, and I grew up as a competitive ice skater in Los Angeles and Lake Arrowhead, California. Later I made the switch from figure skating to ice dancing, and when I moved to New York my main focus became dance,” Rosebeetle recently told ny.racked.com as she’s been making headlines in NYC for skating in a live Barney’s window display for the holidays.

We’re not making that up. She’s been skating in a store window. That’s just the kind of versatility she has.

“All of my jobs are performance related, whether it is belly dancing, burlesque, sideshow, or even art modeling,” she says. “I have been dancing as a principal member of Desert Sin Dance Company since 2001, which originally started in L.A., but is now based in New York … Most nights of the week I work as a burlesque dancer for shows, clubs, and private events. I’m a big fan of vintage events, and my specialty has become 1920s-style burlesque.”

And now her specialties are Borgata’s specialties.

But that’s not all. The Burlesque Show’s Holiday Edition also includes new comedy routines from our stars Rosie Cheek’s & Medianoche and the show’s ventriloquist John Pizzi.

So the question is, what kind of holiday show are you up for — claymation reindeer and carols or ice skating Burlesque dancers and bawdy comedy?

That’s what we figured. See you at The Music Box.

Tickets for the The Burlesque Show are $25. Check out the holiday schedule and get tickets here..

#NYEnoHangover: Share our NYE Hangover Tips for a chance to win NYE tickets!

December 26, 2014 by Carie York Leave a Comment

Happy Friday! We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays – but the parties aren’t over just yet with NYE 2015 being just 5 days away! Now that everyone is full speed ahead into finalizing their New Year’s Eve celebration plans, we wanted to give you a fun way to win your way into one of Borgata’s Nightlife’s epic NYE parties with Borgata’s #NYEnoHangover Twitter Sweepstakes.

Last week we shared some NYE hangover prevention tips (we’ve also kindly provided them below too!) so you can start 2015 with your best foot forward. And now we are giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to one of our NYE 2015 celebrations at MIXX, mur.mur or Gypsy Bar so you can put the tips to use! Entering is easy! To enter the Borgata #NYEnoHangover Twitter Sweepstakes, send a tweet anytime between Friday, December 26 at 12pm and Monday, December 29 at 12pm with the following:

Include your favorite hangover tip that you’d be willing to try from Borgata’s NYE Hangover Tips Infographic below with the hashtag #NYEnoHangover
Share this blog post with Borgata’s NYE Hangover Tips: http://tinyurl.com/NYEtips
Tag @BorgataAC

Here’s an example a tweet that qualifies: My fav hangover tip is Hair of the Dog – thanks for the tips @BorgataAC tinyurl.com/NYEtips! #NYEnoHangover

To check out the rules, click here. A friendly reminder that you must have a public twitter profile to qualify (if you are private we will be unable to see your entry).

A winner will be randomly drawn on Monday! Good luck!

Borgata reminds everyone to party responsibly this holiday season.

Deep Stack Challenge December 26-30 in the Borgata Poker Room

December 23, 2014 by Becky Grimm 5 Comments

There are three basic approaches people take towards the day after Christmas.

For some it’s a day to lounge around, play with your new gifts and eat leftover Christmas ham. For others, it’s a day to just continue the holiday and visit some more family and binge on more egg nog and cookies.

And for others—namely poker players—it’s a day to find a little action.

The Borgata Poker Room wants to help that third group—the poker players—by holding a five-tournament Deep Stack’s Challenge event from December 26 – 30.

That’s five tournaments where players start with either 25K (deep stack), 35K (deeper stack) or 40K (deepest stack) in starting chips. The winner of each tournament also gets a Borgata trophy.

Here’s the schedule:

TOURNAMENT DAY TIME BUY-IN GUARANTEE

DEEPEST STACK NLH (RE-ENTRY) FRI, 12/26 11AM $260 + $40 $30,000 GUARANTEED

DEEPEST STACK NLH (RE-ENTRY) SAT, 12/27 11AM $350 + $50 $40,000 GUARANTEED

DEEPER STACK NLH (RE-ENTRY) SUN, 12/28 11AM $200 + $30 $20,000 GUARANTEED

DEEP STACK NLH (RE-ENTRY) MON, 12/29 11AM $150 + $30 $15,000 GUARANTEED

DEEP STACK NLH (RE-ENTRY) TUE, 12/30 11AM $125 + $25 $10,000 GUARANTEED

You can check out the full structures for the tournaments here.

The deep stack events are a nice end-of-the year warm-up for the Borgata Winter Poker Open, which runs from January 13 to 30. The Winter Open has 23 main events including a $3 million guaranteed Winter Open Championship January 25 – 30. Get the full info here.

It may be winter, but the action never gets cold in the Borgata Poker Room.

Wicked Winnings Slots Get the Legend Treatment at Borgata

December 23, 2014 by Becky Grimm 1 Comment

When it comes to a classic, you have to be pretty careful when you start talking about upgrades.

Anyone remember New Coke? Didn’t think so.

Sure, Ms. Pac-Man had better game play than plain old Pac-Man and the CGI King Kong created by Peter Jackson took the old stop/action puppet version Kong of the 1933 original to school. But most of the time, originals stand the test of time.

And that’s especially true of classic old slot themes such as Wicked Winnings from Aristocrat Games. It’s one of the most popular titles ever put out by the Australian game maker. Why would you mess with it?

Well, because they gave it the old Peter Jackson treatment.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, in a national exclusive, is proud to debut Aristocrat’s new Wicked Winnings Legends game, a class III slots dual game package which takes all the fun of the original classic title to the next level. And by national exclusive, we mean that you’ll only find it here in Atlantic City at Borgata.

Wicked Winnings has become a favorite of players mostly because of its … well, wicked features. Filled with flaming skulls, ravens and the famed She-Devil who takes you to the bonus rounds, the game has some of the most vivid graphics, brightest colors and coolest music you’ll find on a slots games.

And you don’t have to lose a bit of it in Wicked Winnings Legends.

Wicked Winnings Legends features the original and unchanged classic game alongside an even better enhanced version in the Deluxe game. Players can choose their game experience on one cabinet without leaving their chair.

The Deluxe version is loyal to the essence of the original game with a more feature-rich experience incorporating a slightly more frequent, volatile winning experience with more free games, higher multipliers, hold & re-spin and a higher re-trigger frequency.

It’s those bonus features especially that set Wicked Winnings Legends apart from previous versions with special free game features, re-spin features and a new Wicked feature, all put into play by a special Power Play button.

Intriguing huh? If you’re a Wicked Winnings fan, or just want in on one of the most popular slot games ever, head to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s casino floor—near Bread & Butter and also the Borgata Buffet—to try your hand at a new take on an old legend.

Make that a Wicked legend.

Borgata Online Winners for December 8 – 14

December 19, 2014 by Becky Grimm 1 Comment

Here’s some takeaways from looking at last week’s (December 8 – 14) big online winners at BorgataCasino.com and BorgataPoker.com.

For video poker players, nothing matches the thrill of hitting the Royal Flush, Borgata’s Melon Madness progressive slots continue to hit big and Borgata has the best online promotions in New Jersey.

You’ll see what we mean by checking out the week’s winners list.

– On December 8, Danielle from Brigantine, bet $10 on Melon Madness at BorgataCasino.com on her mobile device and won an $8,330 jackpot.

– From December 10 – 15, six players each received winners letters and $1,000 cash in the 12 Days of Win-ter Sweepstakes: John L. from Carteret, Sam C. from West Caldwell, Matthew M. from Hamilton Square, Jeffrey P. from Basking Ridge, Richard K. from Brick and Anthony H. from Egg Harbor City.

– On December 11, Brenda from North Brunswick made a $30 bet playing Game King Double Double Bonus Poker at BorgataCasino.com. She was dealt JS JC 10S QS KS, held JS 10S QS KS and drew AS for a royal flush and a $24,000 win.

That’s a lot of early Christmas presents from BorgataCasino.com and BorgataPoker.com. How many more will be won this week?

#NowThatsAWin

ShopBorgata.com’s Holiday Sale – 25% Off

December 19, 2014 by Brian Burke 1 Comment

Holiday shopping can be a hectic thing, what with the traffic, the crowds, trying to find a parking spot in the same area code as the store you wanted to visit and so on. And who doesn’t love 78 consecutive hours of canned mall Christmas music? (2,700 versions of “Jingle Bells” and counting.)

At this point, you’re probably thinking that we at the Borgata Blog are about to plug a nice little getaway to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for a relaxing, stress-free, pre-holiday break. Which is great—especially if you take advantage of our monthly spa specials.

But there’s an even easier way to allow Borgata to take some of the crazy out of holiday shopping. And that’s to Shop Borgata from home at our online store. And from now to December 28, ShopBorgata.com is offering a holiday sale or 25 percent off on all items.

That includes all of ShopBorgata.com’s category’s from the Gifts of Comfort (bedding, blankets, sheets), to items for the Spa Connoisseur (robes, aromatherapy) to gifts for the Foodie (cookbooks, margarita glasses, aprons).

It’s an impressive list of online items at great prices that you can check out here.

Having trouble deciding whether to give Aunt Ginny the signature Immersion Spa Robe or the Gypsy Bar Margarita Glasses? (Because you know how Aunt Ginny loves to lounge around when she parties.)

Well, how about the Borgata Gift Card? Borgata offers three ways to get your gift card in time for the holidays—print it, receive by e-mail or regular mail. And don’t forget, comp dollars can be used when buying the Borgata Gift Card.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa also offers a great line-up for retail shops at our Boutiques, Gift Shops, Jewelers and Specialty Shops if you’d like to get out of the house.

We can promise plenty of parking space and a superior playing of Christmas music over our p.a. system. And we promise you’ll never hear that one “Jingle Bells” with the dogs barking.

OK, we can’t really promise that since that version is pretty funny.

But we can promise the most stress-free holiday shopping around, whether you stay at home and ShopBoragata.com or come see us in person.

Happy Holidays.

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Archives for December 2014

January Spa Specials at Borgata

Last Minute NYE Planning? Borgata Has You Covered

January Heats Up in the Borgata Poker Room

Online Winners for December 15 – 21

The Burlesque Show Holiday Edition at Borgata’s Music Box

#NYEnoHangover: Share our NYE Hangover Tips for a chance to win NYE tickets!

Deep Stack Challenge December 26-30 in the Borgata Poker Room

Wicked Winnings Slots Get the Legend Treatment at Borgata

Borgata Online Winners for December 8 – 14

ShopBorgata.com’s Holiday Sale – 25% Off

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