{"id":221017,"date":"2026-03-15T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:41:06","slug":"north-highlands-resident-hits-447810-progressive-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221017\/","title":{"rendered":"North Highlands resident hits $447,810 progressive jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lucky Cache Creek Casino Resort gambler near Sacramento hit a \u201clife-changing\u201d Pai Gow jackpot with a $2 side bet, officials said.<\/p>\n

The North Highlands resident hit the $447,810 progressive jackpot with a seven-card straight flush on a $2 side bet, the casino said in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoments like this are exactly why we say winners are made here,\u201d said Kari Stout-Smith, general manager and chief operating officer of Cache Creek Casino Resort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love celebrating these incredible jackpots with our guests,\u201d Stout-Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s always thrilling to see someone walk away with a life-changing win, and it reinforces the excitement that makes Cache Creek Casino Resort such a special place to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cache Creek Casino Resort, owned by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, is about a 45-mile drive northwest from Sacramento, near Esparto. The casino, opened in 2004<\/a>, features more than 2,700 slot machines and 120 table games.<\/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 lucky Cache Creek Casino Resort gambler near Sacramento hit a \u201clife-changing\u201d Pai Gow jackpot with a $2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[101074,101075,101072,101076,101073,121,123,122,101077],"class_list":["post-221017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-101074","tag-810-win","tag-cache-creek-casino","tag-north-highlands-gambler","tag-pai-gow-jackpot","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-area-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221017","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=221017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}