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Primo Payouts!
Players Hit Big Jackpots at Southern California Casinos
by Maya Winkler
It’s a new year, and time for casino players everywhere to make a resolution. Yes, say after me: I resolve to win a primo payout this year! And here’s proof that it could happen to you. Just look at the winners on these pages from the last few months of 2008. And this is only a small fraction of winners in Southern California casinos who went, played and won.
Most casino players dream of winning the “Big One,” the slot machine jackpot that will change their lives and make their biggest casino dreams come true. And it can happen anywhere, any time—on a standalone slot, a thrilling wide-area slot progressive, or a casino- wide progressive for players using their players club cards.
Casino-wide progressives, like Barona Valley Ranch’s Barona Power Payouts and Valley View Casino’s Colossal Coin reward players club members for their play. Any quali ed player who actively plays with his or her players club card on any slot machine is eligible to win. ese are progressive jackpots
that can hit any day,
any time, on any machine. Every casino with a loyalty reward casino-wide progressive has di erent rules. But the bottom line is that when you play at a casino with a casino- wide progressive, be sure you play with your players club card—you never know when it will pay out.
Most of us know the wide-area slot progressives with big incrementing jackpots, from the world’s favorite slot, Wheel of Fortune®, to the fantastic Monopoly® video slots and the exciting Wizard of Oz® video slot, and many more. Not much can beat the excitement of a slot progressive climbing jackpot that seems always on the verge of paying out.
Progressive slots feature enormous jackpot opportunities. e attraction is simple: It’s an opportunity to win a massive jackpot
Carey won a $20,791 Super Power Payout at Barona Valley Ranch on December 2nd.
Truman Thompson played a 5¢ Monopoly® Jackpot Station slot at Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino and won $465,826 on October 16th.
for a relatively small
bet. From anywhere
around seventy- ve cents to a richer $5 and above wager, players have a chance to win a huge jackpot and sometimes a life changing amount. As the progressive meter adds more and more money to a jackpot, excitement builds with every spin.
$178,004 Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® for Ricardo Ahumada, just in time for the holidays. Since the casino’s opening, Mr. Ahumada and his wife, who are from Tijuana, have frequented Santa Ysabel Casino on Moon Charter bus trips. at morning, their trips paid o . Mr. Ahumada and his wife were preparing to leave when his machine hit in the early morning hours. He was stunned by the amount he had won. When asked what his planned to do with his winnings, he
Armando won $52,838 playing $5 Triple Diamond® at Viejas Casino on September 27th.
Lance York bet $5 on the Wizard of Oz® slots at Soboba Casino on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th and won a progressive jackpot worth $1,515,596!
And all the winners on these pages will attest to the thrill of a big slot payout.
Santa arrived early in the morning on December 7th at Santa Ysabel Casino with a
Aris won $505,854 playing Wheel of Fortune® on October 19th at San Manuel Casino.
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