Syuxtun meaning it splits, or where the two trails run, referred to a fork in the main trail along the coast. Here are the names of some of those places, starting at the shoreline. Along this life-giving stream were many places important to the Chumash people. Mike Traphagen is a public relations specialist for the Chumash Casino Resort.From the mountains to the sea, Mission Creek flows past the Museum of Natural History and through the heart of Santa Barbara.

The casino’s gaming floor is open 24/7 and features 2,000 slot machines, dozens of table games, bingo, poker, and daily cash and prize giveaways.

Located on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, the Chumash Casino Resort is owned and operated by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. Everyone here has always treated us very kindly and with a lot of respect. When we first came to the Chumash Casino, we really enjoyed the people. I like bringing my wife here because we have a lot of fun. There’s no pressure.”Ĭastillo added: “I’ve only been to Las Vegas three times in the past 25 years, and I don’t go to other casinos - only this one. “The reason I come here is to get away from it all for a little while. “Different people have their systems for playing slot machines – I just push the button,” he said. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. He said he’s been visiting the Chumash Casino Resort for three-plus years and enjoys the sense of escape he feels while playing the slots. It’s not Castillo’s first jackpot, but it’s by far his biggest payout. It was open, so I sat down and was only looking to win the $5,000 (mini) jackpot. People have flocked to that machine, dreaming of hitting the big payout. It’s a progressive, and I was playing it when the jackpot was $270,000. “It took a couple of days to really sink in,” Castillo said of his jackpot, which he hit on July 8. On a Ten Times Pay progressive slot in the high-limit room, Castillo bet the maximum of three credits on the $5 machine and hit the “10-10-10” jackpot, which had been building for about nine months, to win $1,021,730. Jesse Castillo, a 72-year-old Ventura resident, hit the jackpot of a lifetime recently at the Chumash Casino Resort, winning more than $1 million on a slot machine.

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