{"id":247341,"date":"2026-04-01T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247341\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:46:08","slug":"5-slot-pays-679496-jackpot-near-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247341\/","title":{"rendered":"$5 slot pays $679,496 jackpot near Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $679,496 jackpot on a $25 slot machine bet Tuesday, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The player won the jackpot on a $5 \u201cDragon Link: Genghis Khan\u201d slot machine, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not just a win, it\u2019s a statement,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cThere is no better way to close out the month than with a win like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win marks the 10th six-figure jackpot at the casino in 2026.<\/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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Don Sweeney<\/a><\/p>\n

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 $679,496 jackpot on a $25 slot machine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[110466,110467,110468,110465,121,123,122,101077,75326],"class_list":["post-247341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-110466","tag-496-slot-win","tag-dragon-link-genghis-khan","tag-lincoln-jackpot","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-area-casino","tag-thunder-valley-casino-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247341","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=247341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}