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Who wouldn’t want to be a big winner at the casino? Many casino players say they marked the largest win in California on sometimes dream and visualize about winning a jackpot every time they travel
to the casino. Many say they even hope one day to see their own photos here on these pages in a winners’ feature, smiling, maybe even a bit shocked or dazed from the thrill of winning big. Some casino players say they even have premonitions—or is it wishful thinking? — of their casino luck.
During the past months, from May through mid-August, some Southern California casino players were super winners, and in a few instances, amazing million dollar jackpot winners.
efortunateplayersshownhereincludeslotjackpot,tournamentandcasinopromotion car and cash winners from $10,000 to $3,617,318 for a total of over $5.5 million! Southern California featured casinos are surely creating a whole lot of super wins in 2014!
Southern California casinos have big winners all the time. Some players love to let people know they’ve won, while others keep their good news to themselves. So, factor in the number of players who won and were camera shy. Here are some lucky super winners from
the past months at Southern California Gaming GuideTM featured casinos.
$3.6 Million Jackpot Winner at Barona Resort & Casino
June 8th was a day to remember for a lucky slot player who won a colossal $3,617,318 jackpot on the IGT millionaire-minting slot machine, Megabucks®, which was launched more than 25 years ago as the world’s rst wide-area progressive slot system. e mega-sized jackpot was awarded at Barona Resort & Casino, and
a MegaJackpots® game this year, and th
the 16 largest MegaJackpots win of all time in the Golden State. It is also one of the largest jackpots in Barona’s history. e winner, Tom K. of San Pedro, was visiting Barona with his wife when his luck became legendary. Parents of eight children,theywereenjoyingaweekend getaway at the award-winning resort. e couple are regular guests at Barona and are members of Club Barona. A fan of Megabucks after initially discovering it in Las Vegas, while at Barona, he waited until he nally found an open seat on the Megabucks machine and decided to test his luck. e payo was unbelievable.
Plus, Jennifer T. from San Diego won $90,000 and Boun S. won $35,000 during the recent TGI Thursdays Barona Lottery promotion that ended in July.
Sizzlin’ Summer Slot Tournament Winner at Valley View Casino & Hotel Valley View Casino & Hotel awarded $10,000 cash to Oralia S. on July 19th, at the $50,000 Sizzlin’ Summer Slot Tournament presented by Southern California Gaming Guide and Multimedia Games. In addition to the $10,000 grand prize, over $40,000 in cash, free slot play and other exciting prizes were awarded. Between June 1st and July 13th, guests had the opportunity to qualify to compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool. e $50,000 Sizzlin’ Summer Slot Tournament was played on Multimedia Games’ award-winning TournEvent® slot tournament system that has revolutionized the slot tournament experience.
And on May 29th, Valley View Casino & Hotel awarded a 2014 BMW 328i to Elena G.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
SEPTEMBER 2014