{"id":242960,"date":"2026-03-30T04:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242960\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:45:14","slug":"gambler-wins-230069-on-10-slot-at-thunder-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242960\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler wins $230,069 on $10 slot at Thunder Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $230,069 jackpot on a $10 slot machine bet Friday, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The player won the jackpot during a high-energy bonus round, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what makes Thunder Valley so special,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cYou come for a fun night out, and suddenly you are part of something unforgettable. Those moments happen here every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another player Friday won $118,738 playing bingo on the Thunder Jackpot game, casino officials said.<\/p>\n

Thunder Valley Casino Resort at 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln has 3,500 slot machines and 89 table games. It is about 35 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 $230,069 jackpot on a $10 slot machine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[108972,108973,108974,95151,121,123,92863,122,75326],"class_list":["post-242960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-108972","tag-069-slot-win","tag-high-energy-bonus-round","tag-lincoln-casino","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-jackpot","tag-sacramento-news","tag-thunder-valley-casino-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242960","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=242960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}