Vickie PapageorgeCabrini College looked like Atlantic City on Friday, Oct. 19 when the CAP board hosted “Casino Night” in Grace Hall. Students who braved the weather to come were treated to free casino games along with free sodas.
Some of the prizes included Visa gift cards, a PlayStation 2, a digital photo frame, iPod speakers, DVDs and much more. Once students saw the prizes, many became confident and began to get serious with their games.
“I’m winning big,” Amanda Stout, senior English and communications major said.
The mood was light and despite the small turnout, many students appeared to be having the times of their lives. “I will have fun when I win some prizes,” freshman history major Becky Malement said.
Despite the free prizes and sodas, approximately 35 students attended the event. There was a strong CAP board presence that seemed to be determined to have fun no matter what, although they had a pretty good idea Casino Night would stay small.
“I think the weather had an effect.this isn’t really anything new,” George Post, CAP board weekend programmer and senior English and communications major, said.
Casino Night offered many different games including poker, blackjack, roulette and craps. The craps table appeared to be the biggest hit drawing steady crowds for the entire evening.
At the end of the night students cashed in their chips for raffle tickets and put them in a drawing for whichever prize they wanted. Some students put all their tickets in one bag, while others spread them out through all the different prizes.
Overall, despite the small turnout there was enough energy in Grace Hall to make it seem like the whole campus was there. Since not many people showed up almost half of the people who came went home with a prize.
Some of the big winners were Mike Gurenlian, Becky Malement, Chris Alig, Rob Devasto, Marie Zoccola, Stephanie Recklau, Bob Moren and Allie Potter.
