The customer won on the "Dragon Link" slot machine and bet $5 when the jackpot hit. The payout was in the casino's newly opened high-limit area.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 5, 2005, 27-year-old Christie Wilson left Thunder Valley Casino after a night of gambling. She wasn't alone. When a missing persons report was filed, Placer ...

Hundreds of people crowd around the Pai Gow Poker, and Midi Baccarat tables at the Thunder Valley ... two casino projects on the horizon in an already bustling market, tribal operators old and ...