{"id":455599,"date":"2026-09-06T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455599\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T18:52:07","slug":"players-win-six-figure-jackpots-at-lincoln-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455599\/","title":{"rendered":"Players win six-figure jackpots at Lincoln casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two gamblers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln near Sacramento won six-figure jackpots on slot machines over the Labor Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

The first won $101,522 on a $45 bet on a $1 Crystal Star slot machine early Friday morning, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The second won $108,182 on a $125 bet on a Dragon Link Panda Magic slot machine early Saturday morning, the casino said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Labor Day winning streak continues, and the weekend is only getting started,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, CEO of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cThere is nothing quite like seeing another guest experience a life-changing win.\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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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 in Lincoln near Sacramento won six-figure jackpots on slot machines over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-455599","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\/455599","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=455599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}