Like a classic work of Victorian literature, a trip to the bar often begins with an introduction to colorful characters and ends with the revelation that everyone in the room is related to each other. Continue an age-old struggle with today’s Groupon: for $20 you get a dinner-and-gaming package for two at Rounders Sports Bar & Grill in Lucky Derby Casino in Citrus Heights (a $79.96 total value). The dinner-and-gaming package includes the following:

• Two 12-ounce rib-eye, tilapia, chicken-caesar or chef-salad entrees (up to a $25.98 total value)
• Two appetizers (up to a $13.98 total value)
• Two drinks (up to a $12 total value)
• Blackjack match play in the casino (a $20 value)
• Eight games of darts (a $2 total value)
• Eight games of pool (a $6 total value)<p>

Card sharks place their bets at Lucky Derby Casino’s smoke-free blackjack and poker tables before heading over to Rounders Sports Bar for hearty steak dinners, billiards, and darts. Appetizing niblets ready hunger pangs for their fate, as couples sip on selections from the beer and wine list. A 12-ounce cut of tender rib-eye steak or tilapia whispers sweet nothings to taste buds, as a potato and veggies skulk on the side, always the bridesmaid. After dinner, chalk up some cues for eight felt-pelting rounds of pool or test precision tossing skills at the dartboard. Fifteen high-definition TVs rain down sporting events pumped into the pub by ESPN GamePlan and NFL Sunday Ticket, and comics make with the chuckling during open-mic Tuesday. The athletics-themed venue fills up with the sounds of amateur crooning on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights as singers take the karaoke stage.

Back at the casino, cowboys trot out their bluffing techniques and Kenny Roger’s quotes while playing Omaha and Texas Hold’em. poker as players practice counting to 21 at single- and double-deck blackjack tables.

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