{"id":378625,"date":"2026-06-28T21:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378625\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T21:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:21:42","slug":"two-six-figure-jackpots-hit-at-thunder-valley-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378625\/","title":{"rendered":"Two six-figure jackpots hit at Thunder Valley Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won six-figure progressive jackpots within minutes of each other while playing a \u201cFace Up Pai Gow\u201d table game, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The players each hit the rare five aces, the highest-ranking five-card hand in the game, earning a combined $261,000 in jackpot payouts, on Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n

The first winner took home $135,440, including a $4,000 fortune bonus, after being dealt the coveted five aces hand.<\/p>\n

Just moments later, a second player matched the feat, winning $126,000, including a $4,000 fortune bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not every day we celebrate a Five Aces jackpot, let alone two,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cWe are thrilled for our two lucky winners. What a great start to their weekend.\u201d<\/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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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":"Two gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won six-figure progressive jackpots within minutes of each other…\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-378625","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\/378625","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=378625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378625\/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=378625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}