{"id":245672,"date":"2026-03-31T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245672\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:35:24","slug":"sacramento-ca-casino-slot-machine-jackpot-win-at-sky-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/245672\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento CA casino: Slot machine jackpot win at Sky River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gambler won big after playing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skyriver.com\/\">Sky River Casino slot machine<\/a>, casino officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The visitor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkyRiverCasino\/posts\/pfbid02NsZUQwSaiX8wrmdH76ZfFHbj2fRpePniVaTEuP4oLxkFgCxfMQXkuKYz6g4R1ezHl\">hit a $366, 545 progressive jackpot<\/a> on a $4.50 bet on a 2-cent slot machine on Sunday, March 29, the Sacramento-area casino said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProof you don\u2019t have to bet big to win BIG!\u201d the casino said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users congratulated the lucky gambler for their \u201cnice win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is Sky River Casino near Sacramento?<\/p>\n<p>Sky River Casino is at 1 Sky River Parkway in Elk Grove, about a 15-mile drive southeast from downtown Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>The casino, which opened in 2022, spans 100,000 square feet with more than 2,100 slot machines and more than 80 table games. It has 18 restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p>Sky River Casino is owned by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wiltonrancheria-nsn.gov\/\">Wilton Rancheria<\/a> in partnership with Boyd Gaming Corporation.<\/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 gambler won big after playing a Sky River Casino slot machine, casino officials said. The visitor hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[105791,109903,109904,121,123,122,109902,109905],"class_list":["post-245672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-casinos-near-sacramento","tag-elk-grove-casino-win","tag-progressive-slot-win","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sky-river-casino-jackpot","tag-wilton-rancheria-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245672","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=245672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245672\/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=245672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}