{"id":390397,"date":"2026-07-08T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390397\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:15:24","slug":"player-wins-six-figure-jackpot-at-sacramento-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390397\/","title":{"rendered":"Player wins six-figure jackpot at Sacramento casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won six-figure jackpots on slot machines over the Fourth of July weekend, casino officials reported.<\/p>\n

The first player won $190,700 on a $50 bet on a \u201cRed Fortune\u201d slot machine Thursday, July 2, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, July 4, another visitor won $203,800 on a $5 bet on a \u201cMonopoly\u201d progressive slot machine.<\/p>\n

A third gambler won $217,463 on a $5 bet on a \u201cBuffalo LInk\u201d slot machine on Sunday, July 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo guests winning more than $421,000 combined in less than a day is extraordinary, and we\u2019re thrilled for both of them,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, general manager of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cIt\u2019s been an unforgettable Fourth of July weekend at Thunder Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thunder Valley has paid out more than 251,000 jackpots over the past year, averaging nearly 700 jackpots per day, or roughly one every two minutes.<\/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":"Three gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento won six-figure jackpots on slot machines over the Fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-390397","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\/390397","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=390397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}