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Want to know who’s winning at Southern California casinos? e casino players in the photos on these pages are just some of the lucky ones who won big! In the past four months, all of the players on these pages won at least $9,000 in jackpots, luxury car
and cash promotions, or playing slots, table games, and bingo. And one amazingly fortunate player won a huge slot jackpot of $1,228,537!
for $125,195.73 on an IGT QuarterMania® machine. She won big after just 10 minutes placing a 25-cent bet that triggered the progressive jackpot. Less than two weeks later, Gary T. from Carlsbad hit it big on July 17th. He went for a day of fun with friends and left with full pockets after a progressive jackpot paid him $68,088 on the popular Monte Carlo slot.
Chumash Casino Resort’s newly renovated slot oor is giving guests a great return. omas won a whopping $169,204 on a Quick Hit Platinum game, George won $50,000 on a 2X 5X 10X Bonus Times slot, and Veronica won $28,611 on a penny Power Strike game.
Thrilling Table Game Jackpots
Table games are the choice for many Southern California casino players, and these jackpots can attest why. At Barona Resort & Casino in May, Ace from San Diego won $22,840 playing Asia Poker, and Maurice from La Mesa won $15,160 playing Let It Ride. And in August, John N. from El Cajon won $158,000 in Ultimate Texas Hold-Em, Nerissa A. from San Diego won $62,887 playing EZ Pai Gow, and Jerry J. from San Diego won $10,000 playing Three Card Poker!
Featured Southern California casinos have winners all the time — and some are very big winners like these guests. Just look at Big Winners (page 31) each month. Many big winners opt not to be known, but the winners on these pages wanted a photo record of their lucky day.
And we thank all of them for sharing the news of their good fortune.
Big Progressive Slot Jackpots
At Sycuan Casino on Wednesday, May 25th, Chula Vista resident Falina R. turned pennies into $1.22 million — $1,228,537.94 to be exact — while playing on a Buffalo Grand slot machine. Unlike the popular theory that you have to play big to win big, Falina’s
fortune was a result of a small bet on the lucky machine, which hit the game’s huge progressive jackpot payout. Sycuan Casino has had an amazing number of big winners so far this year, including a $1.2 million Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot in March.
At Barona Resort & Casino, guests are on a hot winning streak playing favorite slots. In June, Hugh won a tidy $123,969 playing a Bally Technologies Monte CarloTM game, Carolyn won $22,664 on a Triple Red Hot Sevens slot, and Vickie V. from San Diego won $51,505 playing $5 Double Blazing 7s slot.
At Valley View Casino & Hotel, four guests won huge jackpots totaling $816,977 in less than a month during June and July. Steven L. of Alhambra struck gold when he hit a jackpot of $564,562 on June 19th.
e winner hit the Grand Progressive Jackpot on an IGT Gold and DragonTM slot machine, which is the same slot machine that a guest won a $1 million jackpot on July 2015 at Valley View Casino & Hotel! Steven placed a $4 bet and triggered the Wheel feature that landed on the Grand Progressive.
It’sbeenaveryluckysummeratValleyViewCasino & Hotel, as another casino guest won big on ursday, July 7th. Deloris J. of Rialto hit the progressive jackpot
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
SEPTEMBER 2016