‘Night at the Casino’ Friday

WHEELING -- The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley's upcoming fundraiser, Night at the Casino, is slated for Friday in the showroom at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the gourmet buffet and food stations will be available at 6 p.m. Following dinner, people will be able to participate in three casino games of blackjack, roulette, and war.

Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at unitedwayuov.org. Ticket includes a gourmet dinner, five no-value chips, two drink tickets, Mardi Gras themed bags for chips and Mardi Gras beads, and a night of fun and music. Additional chips will be available for purchase, 10 for $5.

Entertainment will be provided by Nick Arno Entertainment along with a photo booth sponsored by MPR Transloading.

The event will have a Mardi Gras theme and there will be a prize for best costume, male and female.

Each attendee will receive five no-value chips and will be invited to the gaming tables with local celebrity dealers: Executive Director of the St. Clairsville Chamber of Commerce Wendy Anderson, Executive Director of the Wetzel-Tyler Chamber of Commerce Sharon Campbell, Executive Director of the Barnesville Area Chamber of Commerce Jill Hissom, Marketing Director for Belmont Savings Bank Alicia Jordan, WTRF anchor Steve Moore, President and Owner of Ruiz Insurance Anthony "Rico" Ruiz, and Sam and Otis from "The Bloomdaddy Experience," and Realtor at Paull Associates David Robbins.

Sponsors include Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack, WTRF, Lamar Advertising, Main Street Bank, HE Neumann, State Farm Insurance-Jessica Hoskinson, Edward Jones, EQT, Cardinal Operating Company, MPR Transloading, Carenbauer Distributing Corp. and WesBanco Bank.

United Way gives a special thank you to its annual sponsors that support the UW all year long: WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration, Comcast, Bordas and Bordas, MPLX, Belmont Savings Bank, The Health Plan, Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, Williams, Southwestern Energy, and Leveltek.