{"id":249424,"date":"2026-04-03T02:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249424\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:29:07","slug":"gambler-wins-218000-poker-jackpot-at-hard-rock-hotel-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249424\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler wins $218,000 poker jackpot at Hard Rock Hotel &#038; Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gambler at Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino near Sacramento hit a $218,185 progressive jackpot on a $5 side bet on a poker game, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Marysville player won a three-card poker jackpot with an ace, king and queen of spades at 2 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, on a side bet, the casino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to congratulate Cheryl from right here in Marysville on her lucky jackpot to close out the lucky month of March in a big way,\u201d said Mark Birtha, president of the casino. \u201cWe certainly hope it made for a memorable visit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino at Fire Mountain is at 3317 Forty Mile Road in Wheatland, a little more than 30 miles north of downtown Sacramento.<\/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 at Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino near Sacramento hit a $218,185 progressive jackpot on a $5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-249424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249424","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=249424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}