The Barona Resort and Casino is the only casino in the United States to offer a Bad Beat progressive jackpot for high limit blackjack games. Two lucky players took advantage of that fact this past weekend and won the big jackpot.

The first winner to hit the Blackjack Bad Beat Jackpot was Lisa L. She was playing on Saturday and hit the jackpot for $33,058. Eight other players were playing on the game as well so they earned $500 each just for being in the right place at the right time. Lisa was the first player to hit the jackpot since it has only been at the casino for two week.

Then on Sunday, Henry T. of San Diego hit the jackpot for a slightly less amount of $25,157. Ten players were at the game with Henry so they earned $500 each for sitting at the table. Since the two players hit the jackpot only weeks after the game was set in place more and more people will most likely be visiting the Barona to test their luck.

Rick Salinas, the general manager for the Barona commented: “We’re excited to add Lisa and Henry to our list of jackpot winners at Barona. We are always looking for new and exciting ways to provide more opportunities for our players to win at Barona and that is how we created the Bad Beat progressive jackpot. While we just barely introduced this new progressive jackpot on our casino floor we already have two big winners! It is great to see that a new twist on an old favorite can create even more winning moments for our guests.”


- 2009-04-16