$6 million win on Pai Gow Poker at Flamingo Las Vegas

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Caesars Rewards member and Las Vegas local Thomas Zanot, had a lucky start to 2023 when he was dealt a seven-card straight flush of spades while playing Pai Gow Poker at Flamingo Las Vegas. The hand earned him a progressive jackpot win of $6,443,401 – over six times larger than the largest Pai Gow progressive payout at Caesars Entertainment Las Vegas Resorts in 2022 – in the early morning hours of Sunday, 8 January.

Zanot had been playing Pai Gow for about three hours before his big win. He hopes to use his winnings to buy a house.

The Pai Gow Poker progressive links more than 40 Pai Gow tables across Caesars’ properties statewide in Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Laughlin and Reno. With the largest network of linked tables, jackpots to grow quickly, reach high dollar amounts and offer frequent payouts. The Pai Gow Poker mega progressive jackpot hadn’t hit since March 2022.