{"id":455793,"date":"2026-09-06T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455793\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:44:15","slug":"gambler-wins-a-half-million-dollars-on-5-bet-at-sacramento-area-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455793\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler wins a half-million dollars on $5 bet at Sacramento-area casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two players won six-figure jackpots within days of each other at Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The second won $169,235 on a $9 bet on a $1 Zoltar 5X Pay slot machine on Aug. 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Two major jackpots in one weekend is an exciting way to celebrate the incredible energy our guests bring to Jackson Rancheria,&#8221; said Bob Lyons, general manager of Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to see our guests take home these significant wins. We can&#8217;t wait to see who our next winners will be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is located at 12222 New York Ranch Road in Jackson, California, about 50 miles southeast 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 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":"Two players won six-figure jackpots within days of each other at Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, officials said. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[175903,179896,179895,13565,179893,179894,121,123,122,25562],"class_list":["post-455793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-aug-27","tag-aug-29","tag-bob-lyons","tag-jackson","tag-jackson-rancheria","tag-jackson-rancheria-casino-resort","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455793","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=455793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}