Prizes no longer offered on website, company says

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001 | 10:35 a.m.

Park Place Entertainment Corp. said Wednesday it no longer offers prizes to players on its "for-fun" Internet video poker site.

The company offers a non-cash video poker game through its Flamingo Las Vegas website. When the game launched in August, Park Place offered such prizes as discounted rooms or free meals to top scorers, but these prizes were discontinued in mid-November, officials said.

The website was updated Wednesday afternoon to reflect this change.

The state attorney general's office ruled Tuesday that casinos could not offer customers prizes based on the results of an Internet casino game, even if cash was never wagered by the customer. Since Park Place no longer offers prizes on its website, the company is in compliance with this new interpretation, Park Place officials said.

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