Chumash Casino Hosts Gladys Knight And $100,000 Drawings

  • Tickets run $80 to $145 for Gladys Knight on Nov. 13 and $40 to $60 for Grupo Bryndis on Nov. 20.
  • Each of Nov. 8, 15 and 22 names a single $50,000 cash winner at 10 p.m., with $60,000 of free play going to 33 other winners.
  • The Nov. 29 finale names one $100,000 cash winner at 10 p.m., then spreads its $100,000 of free play over 74 people.
  • Thursday slot tournaments pay 18 places, from $1,500 cash for first to $300 in slot free play for 11th through 18th.

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. – Gladys Knight plays Chumash Casino Resort at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, as the casino’s monthly giveaway enters its last four Sundays, ending with a $100,000 cash prize on Nov. 29. The Chumash Casino November 2026 schedule also carries two more Friday shows and a slot tournament every Thursday.

Each Sunday’s Cash Prize Goes To One Winner At 10 P.M.

The casino’s Sunday giveaway advertises a November pool above $600,000, split between cash and slot free play. With Nov. 1 already drawn, three Sundays of $110,000 pools remain on Nov. 8, 15 and 22, each pairing a $50,000 cash award with $60,000 of free play, before the Nov. 29 finale lifts the cash to $100,000 and the free play to $100,000. Those figures total $530,000 across the four Sundays.

The prize chart shows how the money splits. On the first three Sundays, 16 drawings run from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., and the 10 p.m. drawing is the only one that pays cash, so one winner takes $50,000 of the $110,000 pool, about 45 percent. The other 15 drawings award slot free play to 33 winners, 21 of them at $1,000, with two $10,000 awards at 6 p.m.

The Nov. 29 finale is built differently. Cash is half the pool, $100,000 of $200,000, and still goes to one winner at 10 p.m. The free play spreads across 74 winners instead of 33, tops out at $5,000 instead of $10,000, and averages about $1,350 a winner against about $1,820 on the earlier Sundays.

The chart labels every prize except the 10 p.m. one “Slot Free Play,” and the page does not say how many entries are in the pool, so the chance at any prize cannot be worked out from what is published.

Entries Come From Club Card Play And Need Same-Day Activation

Carded play builds the entry count, according to the giveaway page: a Club at Chumash card in a slot machine, or handed to a table-game dealer, adds entries with no further step. An entry only counts toward a drawing if the player turns it on that Sunday, inside the hour before that drawing, by a PIN swipe at a Promotions + Offers Kiosk or by logging a rated session.

The page requires winners to be on the floor when their name is called and players to be 21 or older, and it reserves the casino’s right to alter or end the promotion without notice. Because entries come from carded play, each one carries whatever the house edge takes on the games that earned it, a setup common to casino promotions across gambling in California.

Gladys Knight Plays Nov. 13, With Tickets From $80 To $145

Gladys Knight headlines the Samala Showroom at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, according to the casino’s ticket page. Seats sell at five price levels of $80, $84, $100, $120 and $145, with one to eight tickets per order. The resort recommends arriving one hour early for ticketed Samala showroom events, and the page states there are no refunds or exchanges for ticketed events. ADA seating is available by calling (800) 248-6274.

Chumash is one of the land-based casinos that sells concert tickets beside floor promotions, and its ticket pages state that it is a 21-and-older venue.

Selena Tribute Nov. 6 And Grupo Bryndis Nov. 20

Anything for Selina’s, listed as a Selina tribute, plays at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, with tickets at $30 and $20, according to its ticket page. Grupo Bryndis & Guardianes del Amor play at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, with tickets at $40, $45, $50, $55 and $60. Both ticket pages carry the 21-and-older rule.

Thursday Slot Tournaments Register At 6 P.M. And Play At 7 P.M.

The casino’s Spin Ferno slot tournaments run every Thursday, with registration at the Promotions Desk at 6 p.m. and the tournament at 7 p.m., when players return at an assigned time to compete, according to the tournament page. Entry takes a Club at Chumash membership, and the page says new members can sign up at the registration desk. Entrants must be 21 or older.

The page advertises a share of over $14,000 in cash and slot free play. Its prize chart pays 18 places, from $1,500 in cash for first and $1,200 for second to $400 for ninth and 10th, then $300 in slot free play for 11th through 18th. Those awards add up to $10,400, and the page does not say how the chart accounts for the $14,000 figure.

Four Thursdays remain in the month, Nov. 5, 12, 19 and 26, and the page lists no exception for Thanksgiving on Nov. 26.

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