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Miami Herald
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Dad's slot bet at 11:11 a.m. leads to big CA casino win. ‘Hands started shaking'
A lucky gambler took home a big jackpot win after playing a slot machine at a Southern California casino. While the Temecula man visited Pechanga Resort Casino on Wednesday, May 14, he tried 'his luck at a few different slot machines,' the casino said in a May 15 news release. He then set his sights on a Dragon Link slot machine, the casino said. On his fifth spin at 11:11 a.m., the gambler played a $25 bet and hit the $1,044,559.11 jackpot, the casino said. 'It took me a second to realize what was actually happening,' the man told casino officials. 'My hands started shaking.' Even still, his win hasn't quite sunk in. 'I still don't quite believe it to be honest,' the man told the casino. 'This is going to mean a lot for my family.' The winner told casino officials that after he sets aside some money for his family, he has a family trip in mind. 'My kids have been begging me to go to Disney World,' he said in the release. 'I can't wait to see their faces light up when they hear the news we are going this summer.' He is the third gambler to take more than a million dollar win home from the casino in recent months. One guest won a $1,232,300.19 jackpot playing a Dragon Link slot machine on March 13, while another scored a $4,178,889.94 win on a Megabucks MegaVault slot machine in April, McClatchy News reported. Pechanga Resort Casino, about a 90-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles, 'is one of the largest casino resorts' in the country, according to the resort's website. The casino features more than 200,000 square feet of gaming space, which includes slots machines, video poker machines and table games.
Miami Herald
09-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Gambler heeds wife's advice — and wins big prize at CA casino. ‘Hasn't hit home'
A lucky gambler scored a life-changing jackpot win after taking his wife's advice while visiting a Southern California casino. The Eastvale couple was on a 'staycation' at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula on April 13, something they've done on occasion for the past eight years, casino officials said in an April 15 news release. They had just finished dinner, played a few games and were ready to call it a night, casino officials said. But just as they were about to head to their hotel room, the wife suggested that her husband try his luck on a slot machine just 'for a few minutes before they turned in,' according to the casino. The man spent $100 at a Megabucks MegaVault slot machine and played a few $3 and $5 spins, officials said. Something, though, 'told him to bet a bit bigger,' the casino said. Heeding his instincts, the man played two max bet spins of $10 each, officials said. On his second spin, he scored a win, casino officials said. 'I didn't know we won at first,' the man told casino officials. 'I thought I hit $230.' However, he said a message saying 'call attendant' popped on screen, and he knew his prize was much bigger. He soon learned he hit the progressive jackpot of $4,178,889.94. 'It hasn't hit home yet,' the husband told casino officials. 'I thank God (my wife) told me to play it.' Despite their massive win, the man told casino officials the couple has no plans of retiring. Instead, the couple plans to use their winnings to help their three adult children 'get a little further in life,' which includes paying down some student loan debt and car payments, he told casino officials. Pechanga Resort Casino, about a 90-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles, 'is one of the largest casino resorts' in the country, according to the resort's website. The casino features more than 200,000 square feet of gaming space, which includes slots machines, video poker machines and table games.
