Fill up, gamble: Terrible’s offers up to $100 in free casino play for gas purchases

Terrible’s Gaming, new operators of the Primm Valley Casino south of Las Vegas, has launched an old-school gaming promotion that will reward casino players who purchase gas from the network of Terrible’s Chevron stations.

The Las Vegas company on Saturday announced a promotion that it would offer up to $100 in free casino play at Primm Valley by showing a gasoline receipt from one of nine Chevron stations just off highways connecting Southern California with Southern Nevada.

While the promotion appears geared toward Southern California residents, four of the participating gas stations are in Primm or Jean between Las Vegas and Primm.

Under terms of the deal, participants should present a receipt for a gasoline purchase at the property’s casino cage to receive half the amount spent for gas in free play up to $100. The gasoline purchase must be within seven days of the free play.

Participating Terrible’s Chevron stations are located in Primm (31900 Las Vegas Blvd. South and 115 W. Primm Blvd.), Jean (22625 State Route 161 and 1 Main St.), Barstow, California (2596 Commerce Parkway, 1700 E. Main St. and 2100 W. Main St.), Nipton, California (101620 Yates Well Road) and Newport Beach, California (1550 Jamboree Road).

Terrible’s officials gave no indication how long the promotion would be in effect.

“You needed gas anyway,” the Terrible’s promotion says. “Might as well turn it into a little casino money.”

Similar gasoline promotions have been a Southern Nevada staple whenever fuel prices rise, as they have since the outbreak of war in the Middle East in February.

Terrible’s took over operations of Primm Valley in mid-July after a 17-day closure by previous owner Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming.

Affinity announced in early May that it planned to close the third of three resort hotels in Primm on Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada border about 40 miles south of Las Vegas.

After a series of negotiations monitored by the Primm family, Terrible’s — a one-time operator of the three properties — agreed to take over operations and preserve the jobs of around 344 employees.

Terrible’s now oversees Primm Valley as well as previously shuttered Buffalo Bill’s and Whiskey Pete’s. The company hasn’t announced reopening plans for the other two properties.

Members of the Primm family that founded the town in the 1920s and began building a small community there in the 1950s as well as Nevada gaming regulators were concerned about the impact a closure would have on the Southern Nevada economy and for travelers making their way to Las Vegas from Southern California.

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