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PIlayers Win Over $1.7 Million in Jackpots & Prizes
n April and May, featured Southern California casinos gave away some serious Three Jackpots—$1.45 Million—in Three Days at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino jackpots and prizes. Four Wheel of Fortune® jackpots were won for a total of On Saturday, May 7th, 23-year old Raymond Martinez of Monrovia headed to Fantasy $1,713,103, one Pai Gow jackpot for $163,425 and thousands more were awarded Springs Casino Resort for fun at the casino. He had put only about $10 into a 25¢ Wheel of
in casino car and cash promotions.
$115,107 Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® at Spotlight 29 Casino On Sunday, April 24th, Jacqueline of
San Diego County spun a small fortune,
winning a $115,107.86 progressive jackpot
on a Wheel of Fortune® slot machine at Spotlight 29 Casino. Jacqueline had been playing the popular 25-cent slot for only ve minutes before hitting it big. is was Jacqueline and her husband John's rst visit to Spotlight 29 Casino—and not likely to be their last. e $115,107 jackpot is the largest single amount won by a slot player at the casino so far this year.
$307,287 Wheel of Fortune® Progressive Won at Barona Resort & Casino
On Saturday, May 14th, Diana Q. won a $307,287 MegaJackpot® on a $1 Wheel of Fortune® progressive slot at Barona Resort & Casino. e 89-year old retired schoolteacher from Point Loma said,“ e jackpot was a complete shock...I plan to
have a lot of fun with the money.”
“Our players love our loose slots and
progressive jackpots,” said Rick Salinas, General Manager of Barona Resort & Casino. “We’re thrilled to see Diana experience an exciting Barona moment.”
More Ka-Ching-Ko! Winners at Sycuan Casino
Ka-Ching-Ko!, Sycuan Casino’s thrilling promotion with a chance at $1 million dollars, has created more very happy winners in May. From April 5th through May 9th, Club Sycuan members received one free daily electronic entry and earned additional electronic entries through slot, table game, poker and bingo play. Every Monday members checked at a Club Sycuan kiosk or desk to activate their entries for drawings at 2 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and9p.m.ElevenwinnerseveryMondaygottoplaythegiantPlinko-stylegameboardfor a shot at $1 million dollars. Jaselito C. won $10,250, and Mark C. won $10,000!
Fortune® machine, when he saw three Wheel of Fortune® symbols line up on the payline. He looked up and saw the progressive jackpot amount he’d won—$163,585!
Just two days before, on May 5th, George Hayes, a retiree from Hemet, went to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on a casino-hopping trip with a friend. Fantasy Springs was their last stop before heading home. George walked up to a penny Wheel of Fortune® Super Spin® machine and put in $40 or $50. Soon after, he watched ve Wheel of Fortune® symbols line up across the center line and knew it had to
mean something big. at “something big” turned out to be $1,127,123.88!
At nearly the same time that George Hayes won the more than $1 million jackpot, Claude Dickerson of Indio placed a side bet on a Pai Gow Poker table in case he was dealt a straight ush. And that’s exactly what happened. He held a straight ush—2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Hearts. Claude said he was awestruck that he won $163,425.82 on one hand.
Casino Pauma’s 10 Car Giveaway Winners
Casino Pauma celebrated its 10th anniversary in May with an over $300,000 giveaway! In a truly awesome promotion, Casino Pauma’s Ten Car Giveaway gave its guests 10 chances throughout the month to drive home one of ten 2011 Chrysler 200s.
Car Giveaway days were on May 1st, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 22nd, 25th and 27th. OnMay8th,RichardR.;May11th,ChiekoT.;May13th,DavidP.;andonMay
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