Atlantic City Restaurant Week

Atlantic City Restaurant Week takes place March 3 to 9. More than 80 area restaurants will offer three-course prix fixe dinners for $$35.19 and/or three-course prix fixe lunches for $15.19. Taxes, gratuities and beverages are not included, and not all participating restaurants are open every day. For more information visit Atlantic City Restaurant Week.

The Annual Atlantic City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 1 p.m. March 9 on the Boardwalk. For details visit The Atlantic City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade website.

On March 17 Resorts Casino Hotel will celebrate the actual holiday with a St. Patrick’s Day Cash Dash. Every 15 minutes between 2 and 8 p.m. one person will be chosen at random from all active slot and table players on the casino floor to dash inside the booth and grab some winnings. One bill is valued at $1,000. In addition, an authentic Irish band with bagpipes will stroll around the hotel and casino floor. Meanwhile, party at Bar One with all-day drink specials such as $3 Guiness bottles, or enjoy special breakfast, lunch and dinner menus at Breadsticks Café and Grill. And, while supplies last, between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m., stop by the Promotions Booth to pick-up a free St. Patrick’s Day lei.

Tropicana Atlantic City Bracket Challenge

Tropicana Atlantic City will launch its $1 Million Bracket Challenge beginning March 1. Enter to win up to $1 million by correctly predicting the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament winners. To participate visit any Trop Advantage comp machine to get a Play Code voucher. Once the teams are announced March 17, sign-up online at Tropicana Bracket Challenge and enter the code to make bracket selections by 11 a.m. March 21. Select 63 tournament winners correctly and win $1 million (an annuity payable over 40 years). Plus, Tropicana is giving away $5,000 in additional prizes. Must be 21 or older.

BBQ & Outdoor Expo

The Mid Atlantic BBQ & Outdoor Expo will take place March 8 and 9 at Showboat. For complete information visit The BBQ Outdoor Expo Website.

Beer Pong

If beer pong is more your style, check out The Splash at the Shore March 22 to 24 at the Showboat. This Atlantic City beer pong championship will have a $10,000 Main Event. For more information and to register visit SJPong.com.

Beer and Ballet

Speaking of beer, the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival will take over the Atlantic City Convention Center March 29 and 30. Visit The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival for complete information.

And, finally, for the more culturally minded, the Atlantic City Ballet will present Romeo & Juliet March 31 in Caesars Circus Maximus.

Looking ahead:

April 6: Justin Willman, Borgata
April 6: Frankie Z, Resorts
April 6: Don Felder formerly of The Eagles, Hard Rock
April 12 to 14: The Price Is Right, Harrah’s
April 12: Kenny Loggins, Ocean Resort
April 12: Lifehouse, Hard Rock
April 13: Chicago, Borgata
April 13: Brantley Gilbert, Hard Rock
April 14: David Feherty: Off Tour, Ocean Resort
April 16 to 21: The Sound of Music, Caesars
April 19: Gary Owen, Harrah’s
April 20: Jerry Seinfeld, Borgata
April 26 and 27: Lewis Black, Borgata
April 26: Billy Gardell, Hard Rock
April 28: Sleeping Beauty, Caesars
April 30 to May 5: Kinky Boots, Hard Rock

Here are other “insider” tips about what’s happening in Atlantic City during March:

Boardwalk Hall

Entertainment and Events
Harlem Globetrotters (March 7), An Evening With Fleetwood Mac (March 9), Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour (March 15). For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Entertainment and Events
Borgata Comedy Club (check for dates in March), Vic DiBitetto (March 2), Christopher Cross (March 8), Theo Von (March 9), Luann de Lesseps – Countess and Friends (March 23), Piff The Magic Dragon (March 30), Smokey Robinson (March 30). For tickets visit TheBorgata.com or call 866-900-4TIX (4849).

Promotions
$25,000 Daylight Savings Sweepstakes – Enter to win Bonus Slot Dollars or a Cartier watch from 2 to 6 p.m. March 10. Insert your M life Rewards card into a slot machine or open a table games rating from noon to 5:30 p.m. for your chance to win.

777 Bonus Slot Dollars – Borgata is giving away 777 Bonus Slot Dollars every seven minutes from noon to 7 p.m. March 14. Insert your M life Rewards card into a slot machine or open a table games rating from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for your chance to win.

5X Slot Dollars – Earn 5X slot dollars between 6 a.m. March 31 and 5:59 a.m. April 1.

Details on all promotions are available at the M life Rewards Center.

Golden Nugget Atlantic City

Promotions
$10,000 Bingo Bonanza March 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 2 and 7 p.m. in The Grand. Free entry for all Elite and Chairman cardholders. All others must earn at least 20 tier credits that day for the player and one guest.

For details on all promotions, visit the 24K Select Club or GoldenNugget.com.

Free self-parking continues.

Entertainment and Events
The Platters, Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, Tribute To The Drifters (March 9). For tickets call 800-736-1420 or visit Ticketmaster.com.

Flashback Fridays, free entertainment by tribute bands in The Showroom [Beginnings (Chicago) – March 1, Best of the Eagles (Eagles) – March 8, Rockin’ The Paradise (Styx) – March 15, Tuesday’s Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – March 22]. Doors open at 7 p.m., shows begin at 9.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Promotions
Hard Rock continues its Wild Card tier match program until further notice. Details at Wild Card Tier Match.

Entertainment and Events
WWE Live – Road To Wrestlemania (March 2), Kool & The Gang (March 15), Lionel Richie (March 22 and 23), Mariah Carey (March 30). For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com.

Harrah’s Resort

Promotions
Winter of Jackpots – Earn entries through 8:45 p.m. March 2; drawings hourly from 1 to 9 p.m. March 2. Visit Caesars Rewards for details.

Entertainment and Events
Cat & Nat: #MOMTRUTHS Live (March 22), Tape Face Boy (March 23). For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com or call 800-736-1420.

Ocean Resort Casino

Promotions
Ocean Resort Casino continues its tier match program for new Ocean Premier through March 31 Not valid for current Ocean Premier cardholders.
• Tier match to Ocean Premier Gold and receive $25 in free play and one complimentary night valid Sunday to Thursday.
• Tier match to Ocean Premier Platinum and receive $75 in free play and two complimentary nights valid seven days a week.
• Tier match to Ocean Premier Black and receive $150 in free play and three complimentary nights valid seven days a week.
Room offer – based on availability – is valid until May 23. Offer subject to change.

Details at the Ocean Premier Rewards Center.

Entertainment and Events
The Monkees (March 2), Ian Anderson Presents Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary Tour (March 9), Whose Live Anyway? With Dave Foley, Joel Murray, Greg Proops and Jeff B. Davis (March 23), Chris Botti (March 30). For tickets visit The Ocean AC or Ticketmaster.com, or call 800-745-3000.

Resorts Casino Hotel

Promotions
Premiere cardholders who earn two tier points during a gaming day park free in the self-park garage at Resorts. Check any promotional kiosk to confirm the points and present a valid Star card at the exit.

St. Patrick’s Day Cash Dash – Every 15 minutes between 2 and 8 p.m. March 17 one person will be chosen at random from all active slot and table players on the casino floor to dash inside the booth and grab some winnings. One bill is valued at $1,000.

Visit any kiosk once per day through 6 p.m. March 24 and count the basketballs. At 6:15 p.m. on March 24, the 10 payers closest to the actual number without going over will win $500 in free play. Anyone who guesses the exact number will win $1,000 in free play.

2019 BMW X2 Series Coupe Guaranteed Sweepstakes. Earn entries – one for every tier point earned – through 3:55 p.m. March 31. Drawing at 4 p.m. March 31. Earn 25X entries March 5, 12, 19 and 26

$35,000 Jackpot Sweepstakes, June 29, Margaritaville Lobby. Earn one entry for every taxable hand-paid jackpot through May 31.

Visit the Promotions Booth for details.

Entertainment and Events
Neverly Brothers (March 3, 4, 10, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 31), Sinbad (March 23). For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com, the Resorts Box Office, or call 800-745-3000.

Tropicana Atlantic City

Entertainment and Events
Primal Men Male Revue (every Saturday at Boogie Nights), Grand Funk Railroad (March 2), Joel McHale (March 23). For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com, call 800-745-3000 or check with the Tropicana Box Office.

Another entertainment option at Tropicana is Atlantic City’s only IMAX® Theatre. Moviegoers receive a discounted parking rate of $5 to park in the enclosed Tropicana self-park garage, but first must obtain a parking voucher from the IMAX Box Office at the time of ticket purchase. Plus, every Tuesday college students can enjoy $10 movie tickets and 50 percent off all concession purchases, excluding merchandise. Must present valid college I.D. to redeem offer.

Great Barrier Reef 3D runs through March 14, Alita: Battle Angel: An IMAX 3D Experience runs through March 7, Captain Marvel: The IMAX Experience runs March 7 to 28, Superpower Dogs 3D runs March 15 through Sept. 30, Dumbo: The IMAX Experience runs March 28 to April 4.

For show times and tickets, visit Tropicana Atlantic City Entertainment. Tickets can be purchased at the IMAX Box Office, through Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.

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Recreational gambler Darryl D. McEwen is publisher of the Seven Stars Insider – both the website (www.SevenStarsInsider.com) and the monthly newsletter. For a free subscription to the newsletter, join the mailing list at Seven Stars Insider and tell him how you heard about it. You also can download the newsletter from the website where he frequently updates news about Caesars Entertainment and Total Rewards under “Latest News” on the home page. In addition, be sure to follow @7StarsInsider on Twitter.

Darryl also writes a bi-weekly column, Mr. AC Casino, for the Atlantic City Weekly. A former professional journalist, based in Wilmington, Delaware, Darryl is president of his own consulting firm that manages several small national and international trade associations, and provides public relations and fundraising services for a number of charitable organizations.