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Casino club members eligible to win UFC tickets

Jul 29, 2015 | 2:20 PM

An exciting new contest is currently taking place at the Prince Albert Northern Lights Casino.

Players Club members between the ages of 19 and 40 can now enter to win a chance to win UFC tickets to the Aug. 23 UFC Fight Night that is set to take place at Saskatoon’s Sasktel Centre. The upcoming mixed martial arts event, which is making its first ever debut in Saskatchewan on that date, will feature a five-round main event with two top 10 ranked featherweights Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira.

Until recently professional MMA was deemed illegal in Saskatchewan. Earlier this year legislation changed and an Athletics Commission Act was established.  It was only a matter of time before the sporting event made its way here.

A total of eight tickets can be won through the casino’s No Holds Barred – UFC Ticket Contest with two ways to enter. Club members can either swipe their player’s club card once per day at the casino’s rewards centre to receive one entry or if they want to have some influence on increasing their odds to win they can also take to social media and enter on the casino’s Facebook page. All they have to do is take a selfie of themselves with the UFC Fighter cut outs that casino staff will randomly display within the casino throughout the coming weeks. Then participants can submit that photo using the Facebook form that is supplied on the casino’s Facebook page  and post it to Facebook and Twitter using #NLCUFC.

Facebook savvy club members just need to follow the Northern Lights Casino on social media and watch out for the random opportunities, that will be posted on Facebook and Twitter, when their next opportunity will to take their selfie’s with the UFC Fighter cut outs.

This is the first time the Casino has ever promoted a contest using selfies and social media as the main sparkplug to gain interest to enter and win. Loren Sproat, marketing manager at the Prince Albert Northern Lights Casino said they wanted to try something new to gain club members interest.

“We wanted to do something totally different and off the wall,” he said. “And we thought you know what better way can you do it then coming in and taking a selfie at the casino with one of the fighter cut outs.”

“We have a lot of players that enjoy the UFC, we show the fights in our lounge on a regular basis and it’s usually quite busy,” he added.

The top two Facebook winners of the Northern Lights Casino No Holds Barred – UFC Ticket Contest with the most likes on their selfies by Aug. 17 will not only get to attend the first ever UFC Fight Night in Saskatchewan for free but they will also have an opportunity for a meet and greet with some of the fighters.

Draws to determine the winners will take place on Aug. 19. Players do not need to be present during the draw to win.

 

panews@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @princealbertnow