VIDEO: Water soaks slot machines inside Nevada casino during severe thunderstorms
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Video shows water pouring through the ceiling of the J Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada on July 27 during severe thunderstorms.
RENO, Nev. – It wasn’t raining money at the J Resort in Reno, Nevada, this weekend. Instead, rainwater poured from the ceiling after hail damaged the casino, video showed.
The inside of the casino was flooded Sunday during a severe thunderstorm that was packing hail and heavy rain damaged a water pipe, according to a report from KRNV News 4.
Reno was under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning through Sunday night. Forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Reno warned of 60-mph gusts and large hail.
An image showing water pouring from the ceiling inside the J Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada on July 27, 2025.
(Storyful / FOX Weather)
Video from Jared White showed water pouring from the ceiling near the slot machines as a security guard told guests to “keep it moving.”
Another scene showed a river of hail in the casino parking lot.
J Resort was temporarily evacuated due to the flooding.
Amid the heavy rainfall, Reno police also reported flooding on local roadways and intersections Sunday.
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