{"id":379137,"date":"2026-06-29T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379137\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:54:11","slug":"two-players-hit-six-figure-jackpots-within-minutes-at-sacramento-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379137\/","title":{"rendered":"Two players hit six-figure jackpots within minutes at Sacramento casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first winner took home $135,440, including a $4,000 fortune bonus, after being dealt the coveted five aces hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just moments later, a second player matched the feat, winning $126,000, including a $4,000 fortune bonus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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 or visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/help-treatment\/national-helpline-1-800-522-4700\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:National Council on Problem Gambling website.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;National Council on Problem Gambling website.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">National Council on Problem Gambling website.<\/a><\/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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[130011,153361,121,123,122,75326],"class_list":["post-379137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-casino-officials","tag-progressive-jackpots","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-thunder-valley-casino-resort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379137","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=379137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}