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If you’re like most Southern California Gaming GuideTM readers, you probably look at the Big Winners page each month, and wish that it were you, holding an over-sized check, or standing in front of a slot machine jackpot, or posing next to a brand new car. Imagine just how wonderful it would feel if you were a big jackpot winner.
bingo at Sycuan Casino on Monday, February 13th. Mijon was in great spirits as she received her giant prize. With ve progressive jackpots that may be won, MPBingo players enjoy additional chances at winning big money each month.
Slot, bingo and table games’ big jackpot winners are not the only big winners. Twice every month at Valley View Casino & Hotel, Players Club guests have a chance to win cars, trucks or $25,000 cash in the casino’s famed 4 On The Floor promotion.
e giveaways, always conducted on a Friday, include additional prizes and are extremely popular evenings at Valley View. See Andy and Deborah on these pages.
In March, Viejas Casino & Resort’s monthly promotion, Dream Machine, gave its V Club members a chance to win a 2017 Range Rover Evoque SE every Wednesday and Saturday. On March 1st, Doris K. took home $25,000 cash; on March 4th, Willie N. opted for the $25,000 cash.
And on March 11th, Margarita B. drove away in a brand new Range Rover Evoque SE valued at $43,000!
Be sure to check out page 31, Big Winners!, for even more lucky winners. Winning a casino jackpot can happen anywhere, anytime — on a standalone slot, a thrilling wide-area progressive, in a table game or bingo progressive, or during an exciting monthly casino promotion. is is a great way to start the year of winning so far in 2017. Will you be a lucky jackpot winner this year?
While most of us would be quite happy to win something at the casino, the majority of the players on these pages won $10,000-plus jackpots or awesome new cars in monthly casino promotions, including some luxury vehicles. Some players even won $200,000, $309,908, and $707,059, and one incredibly lucky guest won a slot jackpot of $5,026,176!
We’re celebrating winners at Southern California featured casinos this month from January, February, and March. Southern California featured casinos are creating a lot of big winners so far in 2017. Will you be one?
One lucky Club Barona member won the largest Asia Poker progressive jackpot to date at the award- winning Barona Resort & Casino on February 15th. Club Barona Diamond member and camera-shy Howard H., a San Diego resident, was enjoying a night in the casino’s Dragon Alley when he hit a $309,908.75 Five Aces jackpot with a hand of four aces and a joker. Barona’s Dragon Alley is San Diego’s largest Asian table games pit that features popular games including EZ Pai Gow, Asia Poker, and EZ Baccarat.
Local Chula Vista resident Shelly C. did not have to drive far to win an amazing $707,059 jackpot. On Sunday, January 22nd, the lucky winner traveled just minutes away from her home to Hollywood Casino
Jamul-San Diego, where she placed a $5 dollar bet on IGT’s Wheel of Fortune® $1 denomination slot machine and walked away a truly big winner. e $707,059 win brought Hollywood Casino Jamul- San Diego’s total payouts to over 1.5 million dollars in the month of January alone. During the week of January 22nd, Willard won a $50,000 jackpot on a Bally Quick Hit slot, and Kathleen won a $22,645 jackpot on a Monte Carlo slot machine.
Just imagine the thrill that one lucky winner experienced as he watched three IGT Megabucks® logos lock into place across his slot machine reels and he become an instant millionaire, with a $5,026,176.18 jackpot! Jose S., who opted not to have a photo taken, caught the winning combo at Spa Resort Casino on February 11th, while playing the Pink Ice® IGT Megabucks slot machine. While Megabucks slot machines are found throughout the country, it was at Spa Resort Casino where Jose S. hit his millionaire-making jackpot.
And just a few weeks later on February 28th, IGT awarded $3,028,416 to another lucky player on Megabucks® Double Diamond Deluxe® video slots at Havasu Landing Resort and Casino in Havasu Lake, California.
Chula Vista resident Mijon H. won a massive $204,900 MPBingo® Blue Jackpot while playing
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APRIL 2017