{"id":500332,"date":"2026-10-18T18:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500332\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:28:05","slug":"gambler-wins-six-figure-jackpot-at-lincoln-ca-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500332\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler wins six-figure jackpot at Lincoln CA casino"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln near Sacramento won a six-figure jackpot on a $1 slot machine.<\/p>\n

The visitor won $115,880 on a $50 bet on a \u201cDragon Link Happy Prosperous\u201d slot machine Friday night, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone dreams about what they would do if they won a big jackpot, and it\u2019s exciting when we get to see that dream become a reality for one of our guests,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, CEO of Thunder Valley Casino Resort.<\/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":"A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln near Sacramento won a six-figure jackpot on a $1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-500332","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\/500332","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=500332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}