This just in:  tickets to see World Renowned Psychic Sylvia Browne at The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park in February have sold out. However, we have set aside 2 tickets for a lucky winner to see Sylvia Browne live and to be our guest on Friday, February 17.

Enter The Sylvia Browne Hotel Package Giveaway before midnight on February 3, 2012 and you could win:

• Accommodations for two in a deluxe Bay-view room (based on availability)
• 2 Tickets to see Sylvia Browne on Friday February 17
• Dinner for two at any of our fabulous restaurants

This package is good for a one night stay February 17, 2012 at The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park Sunday through Thursday only and is based on availability. Reservations must be made in advance by calling 800-953-4800, ext. 3.

Sylvia Browne is a world renowned spiritual teacher, psychic, author, lecturer and researcher in the field of parapsychology. She lectures, teaches, and counsels people from all over the world including Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Throughout her 50 year professional career, Sylvia Browne has proven herself to be the undisputed #1 icon in the psychic world.

The new year is about committing to resolutions and making yourself better, right?  For us, this means introducing a new and improved Mill Club. Many of you are already enjoying the great benefits and perks from this rewards program. Here are some answers to some of our frequently asked questions:

1. What is the Mill Club? The Mill Club is points reward system for our customers. Essentially, the more you play the more points you earn, the more benefits you can enjoy such as gaming, free perks (like priority parking, personal host and access to the players lounge), and discounts on shopping, entertainment, Hotel rooms, RV Park, gas and more.

2. How is the Mill Club different? Guests can earn rewards faster because now you will receive $1 for every 400 points earned. It used to be 500 points =$1.   Also, it is much clearer how a guest can earn Gold Club status because the guidelines are transparent and simple.  It used to be that Gold Club member status was based on play with other variables.   And finally, we have tiered the club into three levels versus two former levels.

3. What is the difference between Preferred, Premier and Elite members? The more points you earn, the more perks you have access too. Our membership is broken down into 3 tiers:
Preferred Members have earned 0-12,500 points;
Premier members have earned 12,501-65,000 points;
And our Elite members have 65,001 + pts (and qualify for the most benefits)

4. What are the benefits of joining the Mill Club? Mill Club Members instantly receive all the following benefits:

• 1 point for every $1 spent at any dining venue, Hotel, RV Park or KoKwel Gifts
• RV Park Discount
• Discount at KoKwel Gifts
• Play slots while using your Mill Club card on your birthday and you’ll receive double points
• Discounts on Concert Tickets
• Mill Certified Adventures Discount
• Coupons and Special offers exclusive to Club members
• invitations to exclusive special events
• Free Slot Play based on points!
• 3 cents/gallon off at participating Shell stations
• Banquets – room rental discounts

See our The Mill Club loyalty chart for a complete list of benefits.

5. How do you sign up and is there a charge? Signing up is free.  You can sign up online then activate your membership by visiting the Mill Club booth on the gaming floor and presenting your picture ID.

It is a little known secret that you will find the world’s best clam chowder on the Oregon Coast. We are so confident about this, that we have teamed up with the The Coos Bay – North Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau for Chowder Bounty!

When you book the Chowder Bounty Lodging Special at a participating hotel (such as ours) now through March 1, 2012 you will receive 2 free cups of chowder at participating restaurants (The Plank House is a participating restaurant)  along with a coupon book with over $500 in savings to local businesses, restaurants, and 2nd stay offers.

Must reserve Chowder Bounty Package Rate. Cannot be combined with other offers. All rates good through March 1, 2012.  Rates begin at $90 + tax.  No minimum stay required. To book this special stay, call reservations at 800-953-4800, ext. 3.

Featured Recipe: Chef Dan’s Oregon Coast Clam Chowder

By Chef Dan Catanio of The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park

3 dozen- chowder clams
2 ½ cup bottled clam juice, or as needed
2 slices bacon, minced
1 medium onion, diced (about 1 ¼ cups)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 yellow or white potatoes, peeled and diced (about 4 cups)
3 cups heavy cream or half & half
6 tablespoons dry sherry, or to taste
Sea salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Tabasco sauce, to taste
Worcestershire sauce, to taste
Oyster crackers, as needed

Scrub the clams well under running water. Shuck, reserving the juices. Cut the larger clams in half. Mix the reserved juices with enough bottled clam juice to equal 3 cups.

Cook the bacon slowly in a soup pot over medium heat until lightly crisp, about 7 minutes.

Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent – 4-6 minutes. Add the flour and cook over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, 2-3 minutes. Whisk in the clam juice, bring to a simmer, and cook, 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. The liquid should be the consistency of heavy cream. If it is too thick, add more clam juice.

Add the potatoes and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, place the clams and cream in a saucepan and simmer, until the clams are cooked, 5-8 minutes.

When the potatoes are tender, add the clams and the cream to the soup base.
Simmer, 5 minutes.

Stir in the sherry. Season with salt, pepper, Tabasco, and Worcestershire.

Serve in heated bowl, with oyster crackers on the side. Serves 8.

Ring in 2012 in a  big way at The Mill Casino!  We will host exciting events throughout the weekend featuring Prizes, Costume Contests, Triple Points and Live Music!   Here are some of the highlights:

Casino Promotions: Guests of The Mill Casino will receive triple points for all their play on Friday December 30 6am- 3 p.m. The party kicks into high gear on Saturday December 31 at 4 p.m. when players are treated to dozens of random prize giveaways, free boogie-woogie bugle beads and sizzling hot swing music.

Swingin’ Affair in the Salmon Room December 31 8:30pm.  This party will feature Soulpie will be playing everything from big band hits from the 40s, to the rockabilly beats of the 50s to the neo-swing of the 90s and beyond. Ticket price includes a midnight champagne toast, balloon drop, and a $100 in prizes costume contest. Tickets are on sale now at Ko-Kwel Gifts for just $27 per person, with a $3 discount for members of the casino’s player’s club, The Mill Club.

Warehouse 101: Guests can groove for free to Phamous Phaces, while those playing slots and table games on the casino floor will be treated to more prize giveaways and a confetti-filled midnight countdown.

The Saw Blade will be offering a $19.95 New Year’s Eve all you can eat buffet from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, followed by a $17.95 New Year’s Day brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

NY Day iGaming: January 1, 2012 $50 buy-in gets you $60 to Play! Join us in the iGaming Lounge featuring iPad Mobile digital devices exclusively at The Mill Casino!

Twas the weekend of Christmas
And All through the Mill
Not a creature was bored
Not a soul could stand still

The SawBlade chefs cooked with delight
To lay a feast before our eyes, oh what a sight.

The Casino was filled
With the sound of thrills
As Mr. Wizard fans chilled
and squeaked with thrills

So from our home to yours the message you will hear:
Merry Christmas to all And to all a good year!

Don’t miss the Annual Saw Blade Christmas Buffet December 25, 2011 11 am – 8 pm
Adults $21, Children under 4 years old Free
Children under 11 years old 1/2 price

Carved
Baked Sugar glazed Smoked Ham
House Smoked, Prime rib of Beef
Cedar Plank, Baked Salmon glazed with herb butter

Hot Entrees
Roasted Turkey & all the Trimmings
Grilled Chicken Breast
Lemon Cream Sauce
Chef’s Choice of Fresh
Seafood Catch of the day
Chicken Roti with Cranberry Glaze Assorted Fresh sautéed Vegetables Penne Pasta with Marinara and Alfredo Sauce Macaroni & Aged Cheddar Cheese

Traditional Fixins
Traditional Mashed potatoes & Gravy
Glazed Candied Yams
Giblet dressing
Assorted Biscuits & Muffins

Salads
Mixed green salad
Pasta Salad
Potato Salad
Peel & eat shrimp

Desserts
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Chocolate Cake
Bread Pudding

The Clambake Jazz Festival Coming to the South Oregon Coast March 9-11, 2012

From the album 2010 Photos by Bill Grami

Spiritual Teacher, Psychic and Parapsychology Lecturer Sylvia Browne is bringing her 50th Anniversary Tour to The Mill Casino February 16, 2012 – February 17, 2012

Sylvia Browne is a world renowned spiritual teacher, psychic, author, lecturer and researcher in the field of parapsychology. She lectures, teaches, and counsels people from all over the world including Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Throughout her 50 year professional career, Sylvia Browne has proven herself to be the undisputed #1 icon in the psychic world.

Along with her best-selling books, 27 of which have landed on the New York Times Bestseller List, Sylvia’s one-woman show and lecture has sold out venues around the world while captivating audiences of all ages, genres and genders. Through numerous television appearances she has helped tens of thousands of people gain control of their lives, live more happily and better understand the meaning of life.

Don’t miss the chance to her live at The Mill Casino. Tickets are available for Thursday February 16 and the Friday February 17 7:30 pm in the Salmon Room

Tickets are on sale now at Kokwel Gifts: $35 general/$30 Club members

How does a brand new truck parked in your garage for Christmas sound to you? On Sunday December 18- a member of our Millionaire$ Club will win a 2012 Chevy Silverado Extended Cab 4×4.

It could happen to you! If you don’t believe me, just ask our surprised winner of a brand new Chevrolet Camaro last December. We will also be giving away over $14,000 in cash prize drawings each Sunday between now and December 18.

How do you enter? The more you play using your Millionaire$ Club card between now and December 18, the higher your chances of winning. If you are not already member of the Millionaire$ Club; sign up right now- it is free and easy.

Here is how you earn entries:
• Slot players earn one entry for every 250 points earned while properly using their club card.
• Carded Table Games players will get entries with select winning hands.
• Show your Millionaire$ Club card once each day through Dec. 18 at the Millionaire$ Club booth.
• New club sign-ups will receive one entry.
• Print weekly voucher and bring it to the Millionaire$ Club booth for 5 bonus entries per week

For complete schedule and details, visit www.themillcasino.com

Looking for New Years Eve plans?  We’ve got you covered. The Mill Casino is hosting an all day/all night Swingin’ New Year’s Eve Party on Saturday, December 31 featuring Prizes, Costume Contests, Triple Points and Live Music!

So break out your zoot suit, put on your favorite fedora or feathery boa, and dust off those dancing shoes and join us!

The party starts at 6 a.m. Friday morning on the casino floor where guests of The Mill Casino will receive triple points for all their play until 3 p.m. Saturday at 4 p.m. the party kicks in to high gear when players will be treated to dozens of random prize giveaways, free boogie-woogie bugle beads and sizzling hot swing music.

Come evening, The Mill will be giving guests a number of ways to celebrate the arrival of 2012.

The night’s big ticket is sure to be the Swingin’ Affair in the Salmon Room featuring the popular dance band, Soulpie will be playing everything from big band hits from the 40s, to the rockabilly beats of the 50s to the neo-swing of the 90s and beyond.

The party starts at 8:30 p.m. and includes a midnight champagne toast, balloon drop, and a $100 in prizes costume contest. Tickets are on sale now at Ko-Kwel Gifts for just $27 per person, with a $3 discount for members of the casino’s player’s club, The Mill Club.

In addition to the Salmon Room celebration, inside Warehouse 101, guests can groove for free to Phamous Phaces, while those playing slots and table games on the casino floor will be treated to more prize giveaways and a confetti-filled midnight countdown.

For those who want to feast before – or after – the evening’s festivities, The Saw Blade will be offering a $19.95 New Year’s Eve all you can eat buffet from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, followed by a $17.95 New Year’s Day brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Not sure if you have heard the news, but there is a pretty big game coming up tomorrow. College football fans all over the country will watch with anticipation as the Oregon Ducks battle it out against UCLA in the PAC-12 Football Championship Game on Friday December 2 starting at 5pm PST.

If you like most of us, you probably don’t have tickets to the game. So come out to The Mill Casino and enjoy our Game Day Buffet, specials, and more. Watching college football on one of the 7 plasma screen TVs at Warehouse 101 in The Mill Casino is the next best thing to being there! Those of you who came out to our Civil War Game event last weekend know what I am talking about.

The Mill Casino PAC-12 Football Championship Event will feature:

Beverage Specials
$12.00 for a bucket of 5 corona
$8.00 for a bucket of 5 Miller light
$8.00 for a bucket of 5 Rolling rock

W101 Championship Game Day Buffet
Friday, December 2nd 2011 Served from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM $10

B.B.Q. Beef Tri-Tip
B.B.Q. Pork Ribs
Pulled Pork
Smoked hot links
Smoked kielbasa
Hot wings
BBQ wings
Meat ball subs
Coleslaw
Potato salad
Green salad
Fresh cut potato chips
Country Bread