Grandpa hits jackpot at California casino — then goes back and wins even bigger prize
After a man claimed a little more than a half-million-dollar jackpot at a California casino, he returned weeks later to try his luck again.
This time, he had his eye on the Chumash Casino Resort’s largest jackpot in history — $1.3 million, the resort said in a July 5 news release.
“I came here to win it after winning the last one,” the Ventura County man said, according to the resort.
As he played “a progressive slot machine in the resort’s Higher Limits room” shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, he made one “lucky spin,” hitting the casino’s jackpot, again, the resort said.
“I was just surprised and very glad,” the man said.
As with his May jackpot win, the man, who visits the casino “every couple of months,” told the resort that he plans to share his winnings with his children and grandchildren.
“I’m going to pay for my grandkids’ tuition,” the man said. “My granddaughter, who turns 16 in September, is going to get a new car.”
Prior to this win, the largest jackpot claimed at the casino was $1,021,730 in 2014, according to the resort.
Chumash Casino Resort is in Santa Ynez, about 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
This story was originally published July 6, 2023 at 1:37 PM with the headline "Grandpa hits jackpot at California casino — then goes back and wins even bigger prize."
