{"id":3485,"date":"2018-01-05T19:32:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2018-01-05T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T19:32:12","slug":"lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 &#8211; Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3486\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>TEMECULA, Calif. (January 5, 2018)<\/strong> \u2013 One lucky Pechanga guest welcomed 2018 by winning a brand new car! A Mercedes CLA Coupe was up for grabs during Pechanga\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations and specials. Guests were able to earn entries from 8 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. for the sleek coupe and $1,000 in EasyPlay\u00ae!<\/p>\n<p>Lucky winner Abelardo Lopez had the option of adopting the Mercedes or taking the cash prize of $30,000. He went with the latter, with plans to pay off the brand new car he purchased just one week before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I received the call. I thought it was a joke,\u201d Abelardo said in response to discovering his win. He says his parents enjoy coming to Pechanga and each year his family chooses the resort\/casino to celebrate the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Winners are made every day at Pechanga Resort &amp; Casino. If you are not yet a member of the Pechanga Club, signing up is free and easy to everyone 21 years and older. Simply enrolling gives members valuable discounts on dining and other Pechanga activities. The more you use your Pechanga Club card when playing slots or table games, the more perks you accumulate. For more information regarding the Pechanga Club please inquire by calling <strong>1-888-PECHANGA.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMECULA, Calif. (January 5, 2018) \u2013 One lucky Pechanga guest welcomed 2018 by winning a brand new car! A Mercedes CLA Coupe was up for grabs during Pechanga\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations and specials. Guests were able to earn entries from 8 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. for the sleek coupe and $1,000 in EasyPlay\u00ae! Lucky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3652,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,520,12,1],"tags":[1659,31,1088,1660,1661,969,50,30,119,120,126,179,121,74,124,113],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-winners","category-gaming","category-misc-news","category-pechanga-resort-casino","tag-cash-winner","tag-casino","tag-expansion","tag-luck","tag-lucky","tag-mercedes","tag-new-years-eve","tag-pechanga-2","tag-pechanga-casino","tag-pechanga-resort","tag-so-cal-casino","tag-southern-california","tag-southern-california-casino","tag-temecula","tag-temecula-casino","tag-winner"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEMECULA, Calif. (January 5, 2018) \u2013 One lucky Pechanga guest welcomed 2018 by winning a brand new car! A Mercedes CLA Coupe was up for grabs during Pechanga\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations and specials. Guests were able to earn entries from 8 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. for the sleek coupe and $1,000 in EasyPlay\u00ae! Lucky [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"756\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1008\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Garret Shimko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Garret Shimko\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Garret Shimko\",\"@id\":\"\/#\/schema\/person\/7626426eac0810c1555295be5ebe3639\"},\"headline\":\"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 &#8211; Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cash winner\",\"casino\",\"expansion\",\"luck\",\"lucky\",\"mercedes\",\"new year's eve\",\"pechanga\",\"pechanga casino\",\"pechanga resort\",\"so cal casino\",\"southern california\",\"southern california casino\",\"temecula\",\"temecula casino\",\"winner\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Casino Winners\",\"Gaming\",\"Misc. News\",\"Pechanga Resort Casino\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\",\"name\":\"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg\",\"width\":756,\"height\":1008},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"\/#website\",\"url\":\"\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"url\":\"\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-prc-logo-tm-v-400x385.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-prc-logo-tm-v-400x385.png\",\"width\":377,\"height\":355,\"caption\":\"Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\/#\/schema\/person\/7626426eac0810c1555295be5ebe3639\",\"name\":\"Garret Shimko\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/author\/gshimko\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom","og_description":"TEMECULA, Calif. (January 5, 2018) \u2013 One lucky Pechanga guest welcomed 2018 by winning a brand new car! A Mercedes CLA Coupe was up for grabs during Pechanga\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations and specials. Guests were able to earn entries from 8 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. for the sleek coupe and $1,000 in EasyPlay\u00ae! Lucky [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_published_time":"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":756,"height":1008,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Garret Shimko","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Garret Shimko","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/"},"author":{"name":"Garret Shimko","@id":"\/#\/schema\/person\/7626426eac0810c1555295be5ebe3639"},"headline":"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 &#8211; Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000","datePublished":"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/"},"wordCount":225,"publisher":{"@id":"\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg","keywords":["cash winner","casino","expansion","luck","lucky","mercedes","new year's eve","pechanga","pechanga casino","pechanga resort","so cal casino","southern california","southern california casino","temecula","temecula casino","winner"],"articleSection":["Casino Winners","Gaming","Misc. News","Pechanga Resort Casino"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/","name":"Lakewood Man Sets the Bar High For 2018 - Welcomes the New Year with Pure Luck and $30,000 - Newsroom","isPartOf":{"@id":"\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-05T19:32:12+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/lakewood-man-sets-bar-high-2018-welcomes-new-year-pure-luck-30000\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/12.31.2017-ABELARDO-LOPEZ-73602-302C000-NYE-DRAWING-1.jpg","width":756,"height":1008},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"\/#website","url":"\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"\/#organization","name":"Newsroom","url":"\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-prc-logo-tm-v-400x385.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cropped-prc-logo-tm-v-400x385.png","width":377,"height":355,"caption":"Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"\/#\/schema\/person\/7626426eac0810c1555295be5ebe3639","name":"Garret Shimko","url":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/author\/gshimko\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3487,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions\/3487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}