A player is eligible for the jackpot by placing a $5 side bet on each hand. The half-million dollar payout was the 'mega' progressive jackpot pooled in by Caesars Entertainment's nine casino properties in Sin City. The video above is from a 2018 story on a separate jackpot but in the same game that Rivers played.

The rookie won more than $514,000 in a single hand of Three Card Poker at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, triggered by holding a royal flush combined between his three cards and the dealer's three.

The 24-year-old Los Angeles Rams rookie running back was not a participant in the league's all-star event, but he was in Las Vegas to celebrate his and his mother's birthday.Īnd he received quite a birthday present on Saturday. But he did come out of the weekend a big winner. LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Las Vegas hosted a remixed version of the Pro Bowl over the weekend, with various non-football competitions and a first-ever series of flag football games featuring the NFL's biggest names.