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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t A San Jose woman became a lucky winner of over a million dollars on a slot machine at Sky River Casino in Elk Grove. The lucky winner, identified as Tammy O., turned a $3 bet into winnings of $1,099,735.94 on the IGT Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Big Money slot machine, the casino said. It\u2019s the largest slot machine jackpot awarded at Sky River since it opened.Tammy, who visits the casino about three times a month, was with her husband when she hit the jackpot on April 23. \u201cI thought was wrong,\u201d Tammy said in a news release. \u201cI thought it was a $12,000 win, which would have been great. The machine just started going off with a bunch of zeros, and I was like, \u2018Are you serious?\u201dThe seven-figure winnings are a life-changing prize for Tammy, who said her husband underwent a major medical procedure nearly a year ago. \u201cI thought I was going to lose him,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd now it\u2019s like, I have got to spoil him.\u201d The jackpot also gives Tammy and her husband a chance of fulfilling their dream of moving to Maui. Tammy said they talked about moving there after a previous vacation. \u201cTammy\u2019s story is a powerful reminder that behind every jackpot is a real person and a real journey,\u201d Sky River President and General Manager Michael J. Facenda said in the release. \u201cAfter such a challenging year for her family, seeing them experience this moment together is incredibly touching. We couldn\u2019t be happier for them.\u201d Tammy\u2019s words of encouragement for her fellow casino goers are to keep going and play. \u201cIt might just be your day,\u201d she said. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A San Jose woman became a lucky winner of over a million dollars on a slot machine at Sky River Casino in Elk Grove. <\/p>\n
The lucky winner, identified as Tammy O., turned a $3 bet into winnings of $1,099,735.94 on the IGT Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Big Money slot machine, the casino said. It\u2019s the largest slot machine jackpot awarded at Sky River since it opened.<\/p>\n
Tammy, who visits the casino about three times a month, was with her husband when she hit the jackpot on April 23. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought [the machine] was wrong,\u201d Tammy said in a news release. \u201cI thought it was a $12,000 win, which would have been great. The machine just started going off with a bunch of zeros, and I was like, \u2018Are you serious?\u201d<\/p>\n
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The seven-figure winnings are a life-changing prize for Tammy, who said her husband underwent a major medical procedure nearly a year ago. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I was going to lose him,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd now it\u2019s like, I have got to spoil him.\u201d <\/p>\n
The jackpot also gives Tammy and her husband a chance of fulfilling their dream of moving to Maui. Tammy said they talked about moving there after a previous vacation. <\/p>\n
\u201cTammy\u2019s story is a powerful reminder that behind every jackpot is a real person and a real journey,\u201d Sky River President and General Manager Michael J. Facenda said in the release. \u201cAfter such a challenging year for her family, seeing them experience this moment together is incredibly touching. We couldn\u2019t be happier for them.\u201d <\/p>\n
Tammy\u2019s words of encouragement for her fellow casino goers are to keep going and play. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt might just be your day,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose woman became a lucky winner of over a million dollars on a slot machine at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[125178,2820,23615,4264,228,94972,1511,266,125180,88,90,89,96843,31012,669,125179,2734,63041,27721,72],"class_list":["post-294388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-1-million-jackpot","tag-app","tag-download","tag-husband","tag-jackpot","tag-lucky-winner","tag-news-release","tag-northern-california","tag-real-person","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sky-river-casino","tag-slot-machine","tag-subscribe","tag-tammy-o","tag-top-california-story","tag-winning","tag-word","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294388","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=294388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}