{"id":360644,"date":"2026-06-14T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360644\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:49:07","slug":"incredible-six-figure-jackpot-hit-on-face-up-pai-gow-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360644\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredible six-figure jackpot hit on Face Up Pai Gow table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won a $140,361 progressive jackpot while playing a \u201cFace Up Pai Gow\u201d table game, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n<p>The win unfolded Friday night, the casino said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that makes Thunder Valley special is that big wins can happen anywhere on our gaming floor,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cCongratulations to our lucky guest on an incredible win. It\u2019s always exciting to see a moment like this unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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<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 Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won a $140,361 progressive jackpot while playing a \u201cFace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-360644","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\/360644","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=360644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}