Page 12 - Southern California Gaming Guide • April 2020

Whenever the notion strikes and you’re on your way to the casino, perhaps you start conjuring images of receiving giant checks with lots of zeros, huge stacks of cash or keys to an amazing new car. Those dreams became reality for all of the lucky casino guests shown here. So keep visualizing and maybe you’ll be the next to net a big win! The winning players on these pages won $10,000-plus slot machine jackpots, had huge Table Game wins, or won awesome new cars in monthly casino promotions. Featured on the Big Winners! page each month, Southern California casinos have big winners all the time. Check out these players who had big wins in the past few months. Huge Slot Progressive Jackpots Slot machines dominate the casino floor and you see a lot of big wins from familiar games like Aristocrat Technologies’ perennial favorite Buffalo series, Lightning Link, Dragon Link, and Wonder 4 Wonder Wheel. These games have all made some guests very happy! In February at Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, Karyn won a $507,981 progressive jackpot playing Buffalo Diamond, a winner of Best Video Slot in the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2019 Best SlotsTM awards. In January, Vilma won a $21,254 Lightning Link jackpot at Sycuan Casino & Resort. Lightning Link is another reader-player favorite, having won Best Slot Innovation and Luckiest Slot in Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2019 Best SlotsTM awards. And in the same month, Genive won a $19,755 jackpot on Dancing Drums from Scientific Games, voted Best Penny Slot and Best Video Slot in the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2019 Best SlotsTM awards. When Valley View Casino & Hotel won the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2019 Best Casino award for Luckiest Casino, it was deserved. On Saturday, February 15th, Jason E. was playing on a Wheel of Fortune Triple Red 7’s slot when he hit the Wide Area Progressive jackpot for $185,216.42! “When I realized I won, I was shocked. I didn’t know how I won or how much, but first I thank the Lord above,” said Jason E.“I love coming to Valley View, my brother brings me here every time I’m in town, which I really enjoy.” Featured Casino Promotion Winners There were two big winners at the Forbes Four-Star rated Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage and Agua Caliente PAGE 12 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE APRIL 2020