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Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Business
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Father of three from The Colony, Texas, becomes third millionaire of summer in Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant's '3 Months. 3 Millionaires'
Tarek S., final winner of '3 months. 3 millionaires.' '3 months. 3 millionaires' check. Press kit including B-roll and photos HERE DURANT, Okla., Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant announced its third and final millionaire of the summer early Sunday morning as part of the 2025 edition of '3 Months. 3 Millionaires.' Tarek S., a father of three from The Colony, Texas, is the last of three lucky Choctaw Rewards Club members to become an instant millionaire. 'It's amazing,' said Tarek S. 'I've never had a feeling like it before. I'm still in shock. I had a feeling about tonight. I came in to play a little bit, only come for a couple of hours, but it ended up being the right time.' Tarek S. comes to Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant twice a week. He plans to pay off his house and invest the remainder of the winnings. Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant is also taking the excitement of '3 Months. 3 Millionaires.' to the winner's hometown and will make a $10,000 donation to a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in The Colony area. Choctaw will work with the winner to select a nonprofit in their community and will make the donation directly to the approved charity on the winner's behalf. 'This is the third Choctaw Rewards Club member we've made a millionaire this summer and the ninth since we started '3 Months. 3 Millionaires.' in 2023. It's an extraordinary thing to be able to do,' said Jeff Penz, senior director of gaming and hospitality for Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant. 'We're changing the lives of our guests, and this year we're going even farther and making an impact on their communities by donating $10,000 to a local nonprofit.' The first millionaire of the summer was Fuong, a recent retiree from Garland, Texas, and the second was Melissa from Prosper, Texas. "I didn't believe it when they called my name. It's very surreal," Melissa said. "We're going to use our winnings to help our youngest son finish college, we'll invest some, and hopefully my husband can retire and play a lot of golf." About Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Okla. Located an hour north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant is a AAA Four Diamond casino resort, entertainment and convention destination in southeastern Oklahoma. The casino has more than 7,400 slot machines, table games, a poker room, and a large non-smoking casino. The resort offers more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and convention space and seats more than 3,000 at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) award-winning Grand Theater. The resort also includes more than 1,600 luxurious rooms and suites, 20 restaurants, 21 bars and lounges, six retail stores, two fitness centers, a spa, and two outdoor pools and a water park. The family-friendly District offers guests 20 bowling lanes, a 6-screen premier movie theater, 70 arcade games and dining options. Additionally, guests can enjoy the Choctaw RV Park located across from the casino. For more information, visit Contact: Sally Huggins Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma sdhuggins@ 5807407308 Photos accompanying this announcement are available at
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Landman' Casting Calls Offer Clues for Season 2
Landman is heading north for part of Season 2. The Texas-based oil rig drama is reportedly filming scenes for Season 2 in Oklahoma. In addition, a few curious casting calls hint that some of the action could take place at a casino. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Legacy Casting recently posted several casting calls looking for Texas residents who can work in Durant, OK, 120 miles northeast of Fort Worth. The casting calls include a mid-40s male to play an 'ogling man.' Extras are also needed to appear as casino-goers and others who can work in a scene with their own vehicles, 'specifically any color other than red or white.' All of the extras will earn $110 for a day of work on July 8. Producers have not confirmed filming at a casino, but it should be noted that the Choctaw Casino & Resort is located in Durant. Collider reported that most of Landman Season 2 has been filming in Texas, with scenes shot on Texas Christian University's campus, and a funeral scene shot in Jacksboro. Scenes have been filmed in North Texas locations in Fort Worth, Benbrook, Weatherford, Cresson, and Irving. Previous casting calls posted by the Austin American-Statesman earlier this year teased the need for extras to play paramedics, retirement home administrators, 30 "roughnecks with trucks,' 'beautiful young ladies' aged 22 to 30 to interact "closely with wealthy men in a scene,' and a 5'5' 120-pound running double for Demi Moore. The first season of Landman ended with Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) dying after heart Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) was kidnapped and tortured by a drug cartel before being rescued by the cartel's leader, Galino (Andy Garcia), who then proposed that Norris's oil business align with his cartel. The rest of the main cast included Moore as Monty's wife Cami Miller, Ali Larter as Tommy's ex-wife Angela Norris, Jacob Lofland as Cooper Norris, Michelle Randolph as Ainsley Norris, Paulina Chavez as Ariana Medina, and Kayla Wallace as lawyer Rebecca Falcone. For Season 2, Sam Elliott has joined the cast in an undisclosed role. Stefania Spampinato (Grey's Anatomy) will play the wife of cartel boss Galino. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Thornton offered his take on potential Season 2 storylines. 'I would certainly hope that the family dynamic continues and deepens,' he said. 'I would also hope that we explore the weird position that Tommy is in with Andy's character. Is he going home at night feeling guilty and wondering, 'Am I in cahoots with criminals?'' 'Tommy isn't dealing with henchmen anymore,' the Landman star added. 'He knew how to deal with them. But now he's got a smart guy on the opposite side of the law who is his equal. We're in a chess match, and I hope that's explored.''Landman' Casting Calls Offer Clues for Season 2 first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 7, 2025
