{"id":509122,"date":"2026-10-27T04:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509122\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T04:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:24:10","slug":"player-wins-six-figure-jackpot-at-lincoln-casino-and-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509122\/","title":{"rendered":"Player wins six-figure jackpot at Lincoln casino and resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln near Sacramento won a six-figure jackpot Saturday, Oct. 24 on a $5 slot machine.<\/p>\n

The player won $102,917 on a $50 bet on a \u201cDragon Link Happy Prosperous\u201d slot machine, the casino said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery jackpot creates a special moment, but there is something particularly exciting about seeing a $5 bet turn into a six-figure payday,\u201d said Dawn Clayton, CEO of Thunder Valley Casino Resort. \u201cWe love celebrating these incredible wins with our guests, and we look forward to seeing who will be next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, another player placed a $50 wager to win $115,879<\/a> playing Dragon Link Happy Prosperous.<\/p>\n

Thunder Valley Casino Resort, at 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln, 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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Allison Gibson is the service journalism and consumer editor for The Sacramento Bee. She joined The Bee in 2026 after spending four years at a newspaper in Santa Rosa. She has spent most of her career in TV newsrooms across the country, including a 24-hour local cable news channel and an NBC affiliate in Iowa. She grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Ohio University.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln near Sacramento won a six-figure jackpot Saturday, Oct. 24…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-509122","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\/509122","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=509122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}