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Everyone loves winning! is month we celebrate Southern California casino winners—and there are loads of them! is is a great time to go to the casino and take advantage of amazing promotions and extraordinary values, and have a fun time. Take a look at all the lucky
winners on these pages from the past few months. ey include slot jackpot winners, casino promotion winners and poker and slot tournament winners. Southern California casinos are producing lots of winners these days.
Tom won $1,061,225 playing Indiana JonesTM The Last Crusade at Pechanga Resort & Casino.
Valerie won a $50,744 Colossal Coin jackpot at Valley View Casino.
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Sue won $1,331,195 playing The Wizard of OzTM at Fantasy Springs Resort on November 30th.
Connie won $14,369 playing Konami Fusion at Casino Pauma on September 13th.
Like many Southern California Gaming GuideTM readers, you probably look at page 34 every month—the Winners page—and visualize your photo there, holding an over- sized check or smiling in front of a slot machine, imagining just how wonderful you will feel when you become a big jackpot winner. Most casino players dream of winning the “Big One”—or something close to it—the casino jackpot that will change their life—or certainly make life a lot more fun with many more choices. Being a jackpot winner can happen anywhere, anytime at the casino—on a standalone slot, a thrilling wide-area progressive, on a casino-wide progressive for players using their players club cards, at a slot or poker tournament or during an exciting casino promotion.
Big Jackpot Winners
Sitting down to play an Indiana JonesTM The Last CrusadeTM 3-d penny slot for the rst time was the right decision for Tom Luyke of Long Beach on Friday, October 9th, when he won a $1,061,225 MegaJackpot® at Pechanga Resort & Casino. e 54 year- old airline planner “could not believe it” and
Felicia won $50,000 playing Triple Cash at Barona Resort & Casino on December 2nd.
Cindy won $20,000 playing $1 Hot Hot Hot! at Spotlight 29 Casino on September 21st.
was“stillshocked”aftertheMegaJackpot®hit. Two weeks previous, his mother passed away, and he used to bring her to enjoy the fun at Pechanga Resort & Casino. Right after he won the MegaJackpot®, he recalled, “My mother’s face popped up in my mind. She told me before she passed not to worry about anything—that she would take care of me.”
On Monday night, November 30th, lucky Sue A. from Danville in the San Francisco Bay area was at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino playing The Wizard of OzTM penny slot machine that reminded her of her childhood. She had played for about a half an hour and already wagered about $50. She and her boyfriend were getting ready to leave. Her machine’s next spin, however, changed her life. She watched as the video reels stopped one by one on e Wizard of Oz progressive symbol, until ve of them lined up across the middle of the screen. e message on the slot machine read that she had won the progressive jackpot amount of $1,331,195.84! e Wizard of Oz slot has produced a number of million dollar winners in the past few years. e exciting penny slot is a huge favorite with Southern California casino players.
Wheel of Fortune® Winners
Million dollar jackpots are not the norm, and most of us would be happy to win a $1,000 jackpot at the casino. But three lucky players
Helen won $141,508 playing 25¢ Wheel of Fortune® at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa.
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