{"id":392316,"date":"2026-07-09T18:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392316\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:18:37","slug":"birthday-luck-player-wins-400000-at-sacramento-area-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392316\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday luck: Player wins $400,000 at Sacramento-area casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Elk Grove man won big last month on a $5 progressive bet at the Sky River Casino while celebrating his wife&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While playing Double Up Blackjack, a player identified as Ramchand B. won $400,000 after hitting the Triple Diamond Bonus Spin Extreme on Monday, June 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The gigantic win was undoubtedly life changing,&#8221; said casino president and general manager Michael Facenda. &#8220;We welcome the community to celebrate special occasions, plus make every day special here at Sky River.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Double Up Blackjack featuring the Triple Diamond Bonus Spin is an enhanced version of traditional blackjack with an optional progressive side bet, the casino said in an emailed news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sky River Casino first opened in August 2022 and features 120,000 square feet of gaming, 2,500 slot machines, 81 table games and a variety of restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Owned by the Wilton Rancheria in partnership with Boyd Gaming Corporation, the casino is located at 1 Sky River Parkway in Elk Grove, about a 15-mile drive southeast from downtown 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 data-ylk=\"slk:National Council on Problem Gambling website.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\/help-treatment\/national-helpline-1-800-522-4700\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">National Council on Problem Gambling website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Elk Grove man won big last month on a $5 progressive bet at the Sky River Casino&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[157831,121,123,122,157832,96843,157830,157829],"class_list":["post-392316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-boyd-gaming-corporation","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sky-river","tag-sky-river-casino","tag-triple-diamond-bonus-spin","tag-triple-diamond-bonus-spin-extreme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392316","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=392316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}