Goddess of Slots Night at Hard Rock Tampa Friday Taps Casino Influencer Appeal

^{Lorraine Bencivengo-Ziff, better known as the Goddess of Slots, will meet fans during an eponymous evening of entertainment at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa on Friday, Oct. 23. (Courtesy photo)}

TAMPA, Florida — If you are looking for a fun Friday night at the casino, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa will welcome one of the gaming world’s best-known influencers Oct. 23.

Lorraine Bencivengo-Ziff, better known as the Goddess of Slots, will be the featured attraction at Goddess of Slots Night. The free event will run from 6 to 10 p.m. inside the Hard Rock Event Center, which has been transformed into a temporary gaming space while the resort renovates its main casino floor.

No tickets are required. The first 500 guests will receive an exclusive black-and-gold “Lucky Lanyard.”

Goddess Meets Her Fans, Casinos Welcome Her Influence

Bencivengo-Ziff will meet fans from 6:15 to 7 p.m., sharing stories about her life in casinos, her work in front of the camera and the journey that made her one of the most recognizable personalities in the gaming influencer world.

The event also reflects a broader casino marketing strategy: bringing popular slots influencers off social media and onto casino floors. Creators such as Bencivengo-Ziff arrive with established audiences who follow their wins, losses and casino visits online. By hosting those personalities in person, casinos can turn digital engagement into foot traffic while giving players a more personal experience than a traditional promotion.

The meet-and-greet is only the beginning of the night’s activities. Five winners will be selected each hour to receive 10 $50 spins on Spooky Link slot machines. Guests receive one free entry and can earn additional entries for every 25 Unity Tier Credits earned while playing slots or table games from 7 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Oct. 23.

Players must insert their Unity card into a slot machine or be rated at a table game within an hour of each drawing to activate their entries.

The evening will take place amid a major expansion of the property’s nonsmoking gaming areas. The temporary Event Center casino contains hundreds of machines, giving the Goddess of Slots and her fans plenty of opportunities to test their luck.

A Year Worth Celebrating

For the Goddess of Slots, 2026 has brought plenty of reasons to celebrate.

Bencivengo-Ziff is a working actor with several projects beginning to reach the public. She is set to appear as a version of herself alongside Tom Arnold and Dan Lauria in the television series “Un$uited.” The series follows a Las Vegas transplant chasing poker glory despite being, by all indications, a terrible poker player.

She also appears with Martin Kove, known for “The Karate Kid,” in the forthcoming film “Three Sheets to the Wind.”

Between visiting casinos and filming television and movie projects, Bencivengo-Ziff has found time for some of her other passions: collecting cars, riding motorcycles, fashion and, of course, playing the slots.

It was not always this easy for her.

From Social Work to Social Media

Then known as Lorraine Bencivengo, she became the first person in her family to attend college, graduate and earn a master’s degree. While maintaining a hectic audition schedule as a working actor, she spent several years in social work, helping improve the lives of others.

A filmed jackpot win eventually sent her in an unexpected new direction. The video gained widespread attention online, and the Goddess of Slots persona was born.

Since then, Bencivengo-Ziff has built a large social media following by sharing her casino adventures, wins and losses with an audience drawn to her energy and optimism. As she told Casinos.com during Earl Burton’s interview with the Goddess of Slots, responsible play remains central to her message.

Her mantra is to “spread happiness by reminding people to have fun — responsibly — and to create enjoyable life experiences.”

Goddess of Slots Night will give local fans a chance to join that celebration in person. Whether they hit a jackpot or not, they will get an evening with one of the casino world’s most distinctive personalities.