NEWS: Casino Night action starts at 9 tonight!

Just a reminder to anyone who might be arriving late tonight that the Opening Reception is just the beginning! Starting at 9 p.m. in Crystal Ballroom J is SND's first-ever Casino Night, with all proceeds to benefit the SND Foundation.

We'll have a Texas Hold-Em Tournament, blackjack, craps and roulette for you to try your luck! A $40 "suggested donation" gets you a seat in the poker tournament, where first prize is a free trip (hotel, room and registration) to SND Boston next year. Second prize is an Ipod Nano with the new sport kit, and everyone making the final table gets an Ipod shuffle.

Not into poker? No worries. A $20 donation gets you into the room and $1,000 in chips. The best deal of the night, though, is $5000 in chips for a $20 "suggested donation" once you're already inside.

How does this work, you ask? At the end of the night, around 11:30, everyone will cash in their chips for raffle tickets - 1 ticket per $1000 in chips. The raffle prizes are spectacular - a black Macbook laptop, an XBox 360 complete with Madden '07, a full version of Adobe Creative Suite, tickets to Downtown Disney and Cirque de Soleil ... and much more!

There will be a cash bar and some munchies inside as well. You don't have to play if you don't want ... but come and join the fun, no matter what time you arrive!