OXNARD MAN WINS $50,000 CASH IN ‘FIELDS OF GREEN’ GIVEAWAY AT CHUMASH CASINO RESORT
SANTA YNEZ, CA, FEBRUARY 2, 2022 — A guest known as Arnel Q. from Oxnard won the $50,000 top prize on Sunday night as part of the Chumash Casino Resort’s “Fields of Green” quarterly giveaway, which featured 30 winners and $250,000 in cash and free play prizes.
A fortune cookie on their kitchen table informed Arnel and his wife, Melissa, that January 30 would be a special night.
“The message on the paper said, ‘You will have financial freedom today’ – it’s real, and I can’t wait to show his cousins the proof,” Melissa said. “Now we can pay our bills and build up our savings.”
The night featured drawings for prizes ranging from $2,500 in free play to $25,000 in free play between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The $50,000 cash prize winner was announced at 10 p.m.
“I was hoping to win the free play, but he had a feeling he’d win the money,” Melissa said.
Arnel recalled that Melissa pondered leaving before grand-prize drawing, but he told her, “I want to wait for the announcement and collect my money.”
“Right after he said that, they announced his name,” Melissa said with a laugh. “Then, I was the one who was screaming, and people started high-fiving me, like I was the winner.”
Guests earn entries into the Chumash Casino Resort’s weekly and quarterly drawings by using their player’s card from THE CLUB at Chumash while playing slot machines and table games during visits to the resort.
The Chumash Casino Resort’s next quarterly grand prize will be a 2022 Georgetown Motorhome worth over $150,000, which will be featured during the “Dream Big” giveaway at 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 24. To be eligible, guests need to check in – by using their player’s card at a slot machine or table game or by visiting THE CLUB at Chumash – between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the night of the giveaway. Guests do not need to be present to win.
Located on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, California, the Chumash Casino Resort is a 21-and-over facility that is owned and operated by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The casino’s gaming floor is open 24/7 and features 2,400 slot machines, nearly 50 table games, bingo, poker and weekly car giveaways.
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