Patrons and Employees Support Local Charities with Significant Donations

PITTSBURGH—January 8, 2010—To celebrate the season of giving Rivers Casino wrapped up 2009 by supporting several charitable organizations including the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Toys for Tots, Light of Life Rescue Mission and Southside Rotary. The casino is continuing its philanthropic efforts in 2010 with a blood drive next week hosted by FSN Pittsburgh that will benefit the Central Blood Bank.

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (GPCFB)
Over a six-week period, Rivers Casino donated 34,248 pounds of food to GPCFB. In addition to the collected food, employees were given the option to donate their turkey, given to each employee by Rivers Casino at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Between the two holidays, 75 turkeys were donated to GPCFB.

Light of Life and Rotary
Casino employees continued to give back by donating an additional 36 turkeys to the Light of Life Rescue Mission and 24 turkeys to the Southside Rotary in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Zone 3 Police Department and Folino’s Restaurant for the “Get Stuffed with Love – Feed the Hungry” event.

Toys for Tots
Rivers Casino guests were encouraged to support the Toys for Tots program with a free slot play incentive with the donation of a toy. Over the course of three weeks 2,197 toys were collected from guests and employees. More than $32,000 in free slot play was awarded to guests who participated in the Toys for Tots collection effort.

Coming Up in 2010: Drive to Save Lives Blood Drive
The spirit of giving continues in the New Year with a blood drive on January 11 and 12 hosted by FSN Pittsburgh and the Central Blood Bank. The blood drive will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. located outside of Cíao Restaurant.
Participating donors will receive $10 in free slot play and be eligible to enter drawings for autographed sports memorabilia, a pair of hockey tickets and the opportunity to record an FSN TV promo.
FSN hosts Rob King and Paul Alexander will be making special appearances throughout the blood drive. As an added bonus, Kent Tekulve, former Pittsburgh Pirate and current host of FSN’s Pirates postgame show, will sign autographs on Tuesday, January 12 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

“The generosity of our casino guests and employees has been overwhelming,” said David Patent, acting general manager of Rivers Casino. “Rivers Casino is proud to be a part of the Pittsburgh community and thankful that we’re able to support these worthwhile organizations.”

ABOUT RIVERS CASINO
Rivers Casino, which opened in August 2009, features 3,000 new and exciting slots, seven distinctive restaurants and bars, a riverside amphitheater, live music performances, free parking and multiple promotions and giveaways daily. Rivers Casino is one of nine operating casinos in Pennsylvania and employs approximately 1,000 people. Already, more than $29 million in jackpots have been awarded to slot players there. For more information, visit www.theriverscasino.com.

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