With a casino floor spanning half a mile from end-to-end,WinStar World Casino is the largest casino in

Oklahoma and third largest in the world. WinStar WorldCasino offers eight exciting gaming plazas inspired bycountries around the world and gives patrons a thrill as theytravel to New York, Cairo, Vienna, Paris, Beijing, Rome,Madrid and London. The property also boasts many world-class amenities including a luxurious hotel and spa, 27-holegolf course, RV park, 3,000-seat event center, and 10 diningoptions. WinStarWorld Casino is also in the midst of a largeexpansion to add a second hotel tower and new gaming floor.

WinStar World Casino is conveniently located just offI-35, one mile from the Oklahoma-Texas border. It is only anhours drive from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and two hourssouth of Oklahoma City. WinStar is one of more than 50businesses owned and operated by the Chickasaw Nation inThackerville, Oklahoma.

With a new exterior and interior modeled after famous citiesfrom around the world, WinStar World Casino provides380,000 sq. ft. of gaming space. Guests can enjoy any one ofmore than 6,400 electronic games in the eight world plazas.Machine denominations vary from one-cent to $500 andoffer a wide variety of themed games including player favorites– Mr. Moneybags and Wheel of Fortune. The casino boasts76 table games throughout the casino floor. Poker is popu-lar atWinStar and the gaming floor offers 46 tables and a highlimit area. The poker room is a luxurious 19,000 sq. ft.

smoke-free exclusive area. No Limit Hold’Em,Limit Hold’Em, Omaha and weekly tournaments areheld to give players a thrilling poker experience.WinStar World Casino offers world-class bingoaction Friday-Sunday. Players compete for bigpromotions and payouts in the 800-seat bingo hall.The non-smoking, off-track betting area providesbetting opportunities on exciting thoroughbred,quarter horse and harness races. All major tracks areavailable including Remington, Lone Star, Aqueduct,Churchill, Los Alamitos as well as major races suchas the Breeders Cup, Kentucky Derby, Preakness andBelmont.

WinStarWorld Casino’s unique themeing allowsguests to travel the world while enhancing theirgaming experience. Each plaza hosts extravagantstatues, fountains and world landmarks unique toeach of their countries.

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Players take in the sights of colorful fountains, hand-painted frescosand towering arches as they travel seamlessly through the eightgaming plazas of Paris,Beijing,Rome,Madrid,London,Vienna,Cairoand New York City.

WinStarWorldCasino offers players an exciting variety of 6,400 themedelectronicgames and 76 tables games located throughout the expansive casino floor.

In New York players can take a bite out of the Big Apple asthey cross underneath the Brooklyn Bridge and take in the sitesof “the city that never sleeps” - including the Statue of Liberty.

Over the ages, and as far back as four thousand years, Cairostood as the land where civilizations have always met. In theCairo plaza guests can walk through the pyramids and decodethe hieroglyphics while finding fortune in the ancient capitalof Egypt.

Few cities in the world glide so effortlessly betweenthe present and the past like Vienna. Peppered betweensprawling, aristocratic mansions and progressive, modernarchitecture, lie banks of players’ favorite games.

Casino visitors feel that certain je ne sais quoi as they enterthe City of Light, one of the world’s most adventurous locales.A marble masterpiece stands where electronic games flowthrough the casino like the Seine itself, around the EiffelTower and Arc de Triomphe and past a magnificent fountain.Riches abound in one of the planet’s most romantic venues.

In Beijing, patrons experience the exotic, mysteriousnature of the Forbidden City with its crystal dragons, flam-ing pearls, magical pagoda fountain, Khan’s Fire MongolianGrill and the GreatWall. Still brimming with Olympic pride,Beijing is one of WinStar’s favorite sties for table games.

The Eternal City of Rome is center stage at WinStarWorld Casino. As a prelude to the grand entrance of theGlobal Event Center, players will take a stroll among threemagnificent fountains in Rome Plaza, featuring lustrouscarpeting, as opulent as Rome itself and leads players througha wondrous maze of popular games.

Medieval and cosmopolitan converge in the Madrid Plazaat WinStar. Captivating guests with lavish royal palaces,heart-pounding bullfights, mesmerizing flamenco dancers anddelicious tapas, the Madrid Plaza is a tourist destination likeno other.

Players can also stroll through the vibrant maze ofLondon’s gaming plaza, past a vintage red telephone box andsample authentic British fare.With a luxurious motif, and poshsurrounds the Queen would enjoy, the London Plaza is thechoice for most royal guests.

One of the 10 dining options at WinStar includes TobyKeith’s I Love This Bar and Grill, which opened in March2010. The restaurant offers a menu of American-style foodalong with an exciting array of live music and an occasionalvisit from Toby Keith himself. Other restaurants includePalladium Sports Lounge, Firehouse Buffet, Chips ‘N Ale,Khan’s Fire Mongolian Grill, Matadors Pizzeria, NYC

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Guests can have their choice of accommodations at theluxurious 395-room WinStar World Casino Hotel, which isadjacent to the casino, the economical Inn atWinStar locatedon the property, or the 200-padWinStar RV park located justsouth of the facility. Located on the lobby level of WinStarWorldHotel is the SpaHabitat, an award-winning organic spa.This speciality spa offers a variety of services includingmassage, facials, body rituals, hand and foot rituals and spapackages.

The 3,000-seat WinStar Global Event Center hosts anumber of concerts and events, in addition to conferencecapabilities. WinStar’s Event Center has been home tosuperstars like Lionel Richie, Sac Brown Band and StoneTemple Pilots. WinStar World Casino also offers flexiblecapabilities for meeting groups large and small. The eventcenter can be used as a convention hall for more than 2,500people or can be divided into three separate sections for smallergatherings. In addition, a total of 8 conference rooms and a pre-function area are available for break-out sessions, receptionsand meetings.

WinStar Golf Course is a “must-play” course golfenthusiasts can enjoy in a resort-style setting. Champion tourplayer D.A.Weibring designed the beautiful 27-holeWinStarGolf Course in the Red River Valley. The rustic natural beautyof the clubhouse and the 280 acres of well-manicured groundsare sure to satisfy even the most discerning golfer. The 10,000sq. ft. clubhouse features a fully stocked pro shop, lockerroom, Legends Bar & Grille and a banquet meeting roomcapable of accommodating up to 160 guests.

From tee to green, the course provides a safe route with noforced carries or blind shots; however each hole will offer its

own risk-reward challenge. There is plenty of room toplay, but it is very much a position golf course, therebycreating interest and challenges for all levels of players.Players don’t need to guess their yardage and can hitbetter shots by taking advantage of the Prolink GPSsystem that is featured on each cart.

Casino patrons who prefer to bring their home withthem have the option of staying at the award-winningWinStar RV Park. Nestled in the southern Oklahomafoothills, theWinStar RVPark offers lodging and accom-modations that are conveniently located next toWinStarWorld Casino. Guests can enjoy access to 200 pads, theinviting clubhouse pavilion, guest pavilion, laundry/shower facilities,WinStar Golf Course, playground andgame room. In addition, WinStar World Casino offersa complimentary shuttle to RV Park guests visiting thecasino to play electronic games, table games, enjoy a showor dine at one of the restaurants. The RV Park is locatedless than a mile from the Thackerville Travel Plaza forconvenient fueling.

WinStar World Casino continues to expand and iscurrently one of the largest casinos in the world.WinStar’s 2010expansion doubled the size of the casino floor and nearlytripled the number of electronic gaming machines. Augustof 2011 marked the beginning of another importantgroundbreaking for WinStar World Casino - a 54,000 sq. ft.expansion project. Upon completion, the project will house tworestaurants, a gaming floor with almost 400 additional electronicgames, and a multi-purpose room to house casino events suchas banquets, meetings and other social activities. The designof the project is inspired by the classic stone structures fromthe past and continues with the WinStar World theme.

In November 2011, Chickasaw Nation Governor BillAnoatubby, along with several elected officials and communitymembers, gathered to break ground on the newest project – a500-room hotel tower at theWinStarWorld Casino property.The new 18-story hotel will offer casino resort guests a newdimension in luxurious accommodations. “This project is asignificant step towards our goal of expandingWinStar’s appealas a first-class entertainment destination,” said GovernorAnoatubby. “We believe this new hotel will enhance thepositive economic impactWinStar has in this area by employ-ingmore local residents and bringingmore visitors to the area.”

The new exterior of the expansion project will feature anelaborate porte-cochère covered entryway and a metal replicaof the 1960 World’s Fair Globe. “The existing travel-themedmotif at the casino is very closely tied into theWinStarWorldCasino brand, so we naturally embraced and enhanced theconcept in the expansion design,” said Rob Jurbergs, AIA,Principal at Hnedak BoboGroup, the architects for the casinoexpansion. “Inspired by grand terminals and turn-of-the-20thcentury European architecture, we created a vibrant newcustomer experience that captures the excitement and wonderof faraway voyages in the gilded age of travel.”

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From its stunning art deco lobby,to its hansomely-appointedguest rooms anddeluxe suites, theWinStar World Casino Hotel is a destination in and of itself.

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Another recently completed projectincludes a 1,400-space parking garage onthe northeast side of the casino. Aimed atenhancing the overall experience, theparking garage opened to the public inSeptember 2011. The garage featuresinternational landmarks such as theChrysler building, theWainwright build-ing and the Parthenon as well as a giantvideo screen, advertisingWinStarWorld’svarious concert and casino promotions tothe I-35 commuting traffic.

"These latest expansions at WinStarWorld are another step towards our goalof creating a world-class destination," saidGovernor Bill Anoatubby. "To sustain thisworld-class status, we must continue tointroduce new and interesting amenities atthe facility – while maintaining a qualityexperience for the customer.” �

For more information aboutWinStar World Casino, visitwww.winstarworldcasinohotel.com.

WinStar Golf Course is situated in the beautiful Red River Valley and boasts an elite 27-holecourse (designed by D.A.Weibring) and state-of-the-art WinStar Golf Academy.