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As the 2010 Coachella Valley Poker Champion, Larry won $28,000 at Spotlight 29 Casino.
Bao won $50,000 playing $5 Quick Hit at Barona Resort & Casino.
Barry won $25,000 playing Super Times Pay at Valley View Casino.
Mi won $9,000 playing Double 3x 4x 5x at Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort.
Louise won a $222,799 Wheel of Fortune® jackpot at Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort.
Paul won $26,775 playing $1 Double Diamond® at Casino Pauma.
Shelia won a $6,025 jackpot playing Stars & Bars at Sycuan Casino.
David won a $21,600 jackpot playing Twelve Times Pay at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.
Most of the jackpot winners on these pages had no idea that they would be going home from the casino thousands of dollars richer. Not in their wildest dreams. is month we feature what you have asked for in your e-mails, phone calls and letters, telling us how much you want to see all kinds of jackpots—big, small, on slots, at the tables, for promotions. So here you are—as many jackpots as we could t on these pages. ese lucky—and happy—winners won their jackpots in the past three months. And, yes, we know you want as many details as possible. So we’ve included a few of the exciting back stories of some of these very lucky jackpot winners. Read on, and visualize yourself one day on these pages—or on one of the most-read pages of this paper, the Winners page.
Winning Machine Called to Player at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Frank Paganelli from Joshua Tree went to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Sunday, March 21st to watch his friends bowl at Fantasy Lanes. After a few minutes at the lanes, Paganelli wandered into the casino. He walked around for a minute and sat down at a 50-cent IGT Wheel of Fortune® slot machine.
“ is one seemed to call to me. I had this weird feeling like I was going to win.” Whether his positive attitude moved the slot machine reels or whether he was just extremely lucky, he said he will be living a bit more comfortably now. After playing the machine that beckoned him for only a few minutes with only $5 inserted, the Wheel of Fortune symbols lined up across the center of the screen and signaled that Paganelli won $272,121.95!
“I couldn’t believe it. I have never won anything remotely close to this amount of money before. It won’t change who I am or what I do, but it sure is nice. I’ll pay o my house in Joshua Tree.”
Paganelli is a luxury car parts wholesaler who assembles and disassembles autos, spends a lot of time at the gym and at the bowling alley near his house. He’s extremely happy he let his friends talk him out of his routine for the day and into going to Fantasy Springs.
Terry won two jackpots—$5,258 and $5,874— playing Blazing 7s® at Spotlight 29 Casino .
Mary won $5,145 playing 777 Double Jackpot at Valley View Casino.
Violetta won $27,771 playing 5¢ Celebration at Barona Resort & Casino.
Andrea won $23,880 playing Queen’s Knight at Sycuan Casino.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
May 2010