{"id":333129,"date":"2026-05-26T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333129\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:56:06","slug":"player-wins-139422-on-10-cent-slot-at-thunder-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/333129\/","title":{"rendered":"Player wins $139,422 on 10-cent slot at Thunder Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $139,422 jackpot on a 10-cent slot machine on Memorial Day, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The player won a progressive jackpot on an $10 bet on a \u201cDragon Link: Happy and Prosperous\u201d slot machine Monday, May 25, the casino said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis guest capped off the holiday weekend in the best possible way,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cTurning $10 into six figures is the kind of weekend every casino guest dreams of.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win marks the fifteenth six-figure jackpot at the casino in 2026. The casino has paid out more than 251,000 jackpots in the past year.<\/p>\n

Thunder Valley Casino Resort at 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln has 3,500 slot machines and 89 table games. It is about 35 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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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 $139,422 jackpot on a 10-cent slot machine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-333129","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\/333129","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=333129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}