{"id":275806,"date":"2026-04-19T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275806\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:34:07","slug":"sacramento-man-wins-142327-on-5-casino-side-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/275806\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento man wins $142,327 on $5 casino side bet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Sacramento man won $142,327 on a $5 side bet while playing a table game at Sky River Casino.<\/p>\n

German Rangel won the life-changing jackpot while playing Bonus Spin Xtreme Triple Diamond Progressive near the end of his visit to the Elk Grove casino on April 11, the casino said in a Friday news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to process the fact that I hit that amount of money on a five-dollar bet,\u201d Rangel said. \u201c(My) first thought was, \u2018What am I going to buy?\u2019 It felt unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rangel, a Sky River Rewards member since September 2022 and current Gold Tier member, said he hopes to use his winnings to buy a classic car he has long admired.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a Sacramento resident to be just minutes away from Sky River and experience a life changing win that close to home is incredible,\u201d said Michael J. Facenda, president and general manager of Sky River Casino. \u201cI hope German gets the car of his dreams and brings it to the casino, where our valet will welcome his arrival and make sure his new ride is well cared for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rangel said his advice to other players is \u201cdon\u2019t give up. Just keep playing, \u2018cause your win is coming!\u201d<\/p>\n

The casino, which opened in 2022, spans 100,000 square feet with more than 2,500 slot machines and more than 80 table games. It has 18 restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n

Owned by the Wilton Rancheria in partnership with Boyd Gaming Corporation, the casino is located at 1 Sky River Parkway in Elk Grove, about a 15-mile drive southeast from downtown 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 Sacramento man won $142,327 on a $5 side bet while playing a table game at Sky River…\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-275806","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\/275806","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=275806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275806\/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=275806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}