{"id":267795,"date":"2026-04-14T19:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267795\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:43:08","slug":"yuba-city-gambler-wins-400k-at-a-wheatland-poker-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267795\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuba City gambler wins $400k at a Wheatland poker table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lucky player at a Northern California casino turned a $5 bet into a six-figure payout on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/casino.hardrock.com\/sacramento\">Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain<\/a> announced Tuesday one of its guests won $394,331 in a progressive jackpot at a poker table at around midnight on Saturday, April 11.<\/p>\n<p>The casino said the winner is Andrew Holley, a resident of Yuba City. Holley won his major jackpot at Hard Rock\u2019s 777 Diamonds Poker Mega game, according to a news release from the casino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to congratulate our neighbor on his life-changing jackpot this weekend,\u201d said Mark Birtha, Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Sacramento president, in an emailed statement. \u201cWe certainly hope it made for an exciting weekend!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain is in Wheatland, at 3317 Forty Mile Road. The casino is about 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\/entertainment\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/288668760\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAC_CamilaPedrosa_HA_01_05312024.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Camila Pedrosa\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/288668760\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camila Pedrosa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Camila Pedrosa is a service journalism reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked as a summer reporting intern for The Bee and reported in Phoenix and Washington, D.C. She graduated from Arizona State University with a master\u2019s degree in mass communication.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lucky player at a Northern California casino turned a $5 bet into a six-figure payout on Saturday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-267795","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\/267795","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=267795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}