{"id":455713,"date":"2026-09-06T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455713\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:40:09","slug":"gambler-wins-half-million-on-5-bet-at-jackson-rancheria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455713\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler wins half\u2011million on $5 bet at Jackson Rancheria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two players won six-figure jackpots within days of each other at Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, officials said.<\/p>\n

The first won $504,874 on a $5 bet on a $1 Dollar Boomer Dollar Storm Mega Grand Link slot machine on Aug. 27, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The second won $169,235 on a $9 bet on a $1 Zoltar 5X Pay slot machine on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo major jackpots in one weekend is an exciting way to celebrate the incredible energy our guests bring to Jackson Rancheria,\u201d said Bob Lyons, general manager of Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see our guests take home these significant wins. We can\u2019t wait to see who our next winners will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is located at 12222 New York Ranch Road in Jackson, California, about 50 miles southeast 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 players won six-figure jackpots within days of each other at Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, officials said. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-455713","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\/455713","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=455713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}