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Esekia won $466,430 playing Wheel of Fortune® at San Manuel Indian Bingo on
replied, “I want to open a sports equipment store so I can provide my family with a better life. I’d also like to take them on a vacation to Veracruz.” Mr. Ahumada’s career has included over 17 years’ working with and managing the Independent Mariano Matamoros Soccer League in Tijuana. And he said,“Santa Ysabel Casino will always be my favorite casino.” No wonder.
anksgiving had special meaning for Lance York, 57, of Riverside when he hit the jackpot for $1,515,596.01 at Soboba Casino on anksgiving Day, November 27th.
Yes, you read that correctly—$1.5 million dollars—and one cent! Mr. York won the awesome jackpot playing the WMS Wizard of Oz® video slot machine with a $5 bet, and went home with an initial check for $75,000; the rst of 20 total payments. "I don't plan to do anything with it right now," Mr. York said in sign language as his mother, Nancy York, translated. Mr. York and his mother visit Soboba Casino about twice a month. Casino employees said the jackpot couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, On the day of his win, Mr. York said he spent about $100 playing. "I played for a long time on that machine. It kept paying enough to keep playing," he said.
Drew S. won $32,316 playing 1¢ Reel Money at Viejas Casino on November 1st.
And as many of us counted our blessings over the anksgiving weekend, one Los Angeles resident gobbled up a big MegaJackpot® win at Spotlight 29 Casino.
e lucky man hit a $133,663 MegaJackpot® on a Wheel of Fortune® quarter slot machine late Saturday evening, November 29th. e Wheel of Fortune® enthusiast always plays his favorite slot machine when he visits Spotlight 29 Casino. He found an open machine and decided to try his luck. Before too long, the slot machine cooked up a $133,663 MegaJackpot®—that's more than a half-million quarters! "I thought something was wrong. en, a man hugged me and told me I had won the jackpot,” said the lucky man, who asked to remain anonymous. e Wheel of Fortune® winner is thankful for his new- found fortune and plans to use his winnings to pay bills.
For one lucky visitor to Southern California, winning a Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® delivered an unbeatable travel memory. While visiting his family in Southern California, Michel Erkin Iskandar, a hairstylist and business owner from Sweden, said, "I was moving down the row of machines and I decided to put
David won $100,000 playing $25 Game King Poker at Barona Valley Ranch.
an extra $20 in this one." Michel won a $506,701 Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® on that very slot, early on Monday morning, November 3rd at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa. Mr. Iskandar, 37, was thrilled to take home winnings that amounted to nearly four million Swedish kronor. " is can’t be happening to me,” he said,“I’m just a regular guy." He said he planned to return to Sweden and apply some of his winnings toward his hairstyling business. But before he went back home, he said he wanted to buy a new car for himself and a diamond for his wife.
Aris Armando Martinez believes it pays to play, and now he has more than one half-million dollars to show for it. e pool service business owner from Van Nuys is swimming in cash after winning a $505,854
MegaJackpot® on a Wheel of Fortune® dollar slot machine at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino on Sunday, October 19th. Martinez,
Rhonda L. won a $102,742 Colossal Coin Jackpot at Valley View Casino.
Jocelyn won a $11,638 Video Poker Progressive at Sycuan Casino on October 4th.
Michelwon$506,701onWheelofFortune® at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa on October 19th.
Sheri won a $28,048 progressive jackpot playing 2¢ Quick Hit at Sycuan Casino on October 22nd.
Ricardo won $10,000 playing $1 Perfect Ten at Soboba Casino on September 14th.
Miguel won a $25,000 jackpot playing $5 Quick Hit at Viejas Casino on October 11th.
Ricardo Ahumada played a Wheel of Fortune® slot at Santa Ysabel Casino on Sunday, December 7th and won a $178,014 MegaJackpot® Award!
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