This is a slow time of year for online casinos, which is why there have been so many special promotions and tournaments lately. Golden Casino has announced that they are holding tournaments with big prize pools in the month of October, including a special tournament to celebrate Columbus Day.

Golden Casino’s Columbus Day tournament runs from October 12 through October 16. Columbus Day is celebrated in America on the second Monday in October; this year, it falls on October 12. The online slot tournament, played on the game X Marks the Spot, has no entry fee and players compete for a $20,000 prize pool. There is a rebuy of $9.99, though. In case you’re wondering, yes, X Marks the Spot is a pirate-themed game and no, Christopher Columbus was not a pirate. I’m not sure why they picked that game. Maybe it was the only nautical-themed slot Golden Casino has.

For those who are not from the United States or those who are but were educated in a public school, you might be wondering what Columbus Day is. Columbus Day is the day we celebrate the time Christopher Columbus accidentally “discovered” the American continents when looking for the West Indies. And no, he didn’t realize his mistake. He actually thought he had found the West Indies, which is why he annoyed all of the Native Americans by calling them Indians. They were too polite to inform him that he was a long way from India. Of course, Columbus wasn’t even the first white man to stumble upon the Americas, since the Vikings discovered North America roughly 500 years earlier. Neither the Vikings nor Columbus thought to name the continents after them, though, so that honor later went to Amerigo Vespucci.

In addition to the explorer/pirate tournament, Golden Casino is also holding Weekend Madness from Fridays to Tuesdays. The tournaments have entry fees of $12.99 and rebuys of the same amount. There are several online slots used in the tournament, including 5 Reel Wheel of Chance, Reel Deal, Dynasty (a Samurai-themed game), and Grail Maiden (a medieval knight theme). The Weekend Madness tournaments have a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000.

To participate in Weekend Madness or celebrate the time that guy accidentally stumbled upon huge chunks of land that many people had already found and on which many people had already settled, visit Golden Casino.

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