{"id":204104,"date":"2026-03-04T16:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204104\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:53:07","slug":"cache-creek-gambler-hits-235766-jackpot-on-dragon-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204104\/","title":{"rendered":"Cache Creek gambler hits $235,766 jackpot on Dragon Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lucky Cache Creek Casino Resort gambler near Sacramento hit an \u201cextraordinary\u201d slot machine jackpot on a $10 bet, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose player was playing a $2 \u201cDragon Link\u201d machine at the casino and hit the $235,766 jackpot Sunday, the casino said in a news release Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis extraordinary jackpot is a thrilling reminder of the excitement our guests experience every day,\u201d said Kari Stout-Smith, general manager and COO of Cache Creek Casino Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Another player won <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/article314884512.html\">a $100,0000 jackpot<\/a> on a $20 slot machine bet at the casino, officials reported Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Cache Creek Casino Resort, owned by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, is about 40 miles northwest of Sacramento, near Esparto. The casino, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cachecreek.com\/about-us#:~:text=At%20build%2Dout%2C%20the%20resort,%2C%20and%20a%20mini%2Dmart.\">opened in 2004<\/a>, features more than 2,700 slot machines and 120 table games.<\/p>\n<p>Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/tel:1-800-522-4700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-800-522-4700<\/a> or visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/help-treatment\/national-helpline-1-800-522-4700\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Council on Problem Gambling website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174905\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don Sweeney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lucky Cache Creek Casino Resort gambler near Sacramento hit an \u201cextraordinary\u201d slot machine jackpot on a $10&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[94538,94539,92862,94537,94540,121,94536,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-204104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-94538","9":"tag-766-jackpot","10":"tag-cache-creek-casino-resort","11":"tag-dragon-link-slot","12":"tag-esparto","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-casino-jackpot","15":"tag-sacramento-headlines","16":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}