{"id":205980,"date":"2026-03-05T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205980\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:43:07","slug":"player-wins-big-on-5-lightning-link-tiki-fire-slot-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205980\/","title":{"rendered":"Player wins big on $5 Lightning Link Tiki Fire slot machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $166,196 jackpot on a $5 slot machine bet Wednesday, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The player won the jackpot on a \u201cLightning Link Tiki Fire\u201d slot machine, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile many people are pushing through the midweek slump, this lucky guest was cashing in,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cWhat an incredible win for our guest and a great way to spend a Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thunder Valley Casino Resort at 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln has 3,500 slot machines and 89 table games. It is about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

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

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700<\/a> or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

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 gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $166,196 jackpot on a $5 slot machine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[95148,95152,95149,95150,95151,121,123,122,75326],"class_list":{"0":"post-205980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-95148","9":"tag-5-slot-win","10":"tag-196-jackpot","11":"tag-lightning-link-tiki-fire","12":"tag-lincoln-casino","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-headlines","15":"tag-sacramento-news","16":"tag-thunder-valley-casino-resort"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205980","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=205980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205980\/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=205980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}