Before
the Tournament
Begins…
Katherine Salavant, a retired nurse was awaiting the start
of a slots tournament at the Isle of Capri when the $8 million sign
above a
Wheel of Fortune quarter progressive carousel caught her eye. Shortly,
the big
MegaJackpot struck for $8,224,611.
“I guess you can say I was sitting at the right machine at
the right time”, said the shocked winner. “My husband just walked away
and I
knew I had to find him fast and tell him I won the jackpot.”
Future
plans for
Salavant were stated as “I will probably purchase a new car and enjoy
my
retirement a bit more.”
AC in the Record
Books
Josephine Crawford, 84, loves her slots even though her
biggest win was only $1000. Now, she is in the record books for a huge
hit of
$10 million playing a nickel Megabucks at Harrah’s,
Atlantic
City.
The retired waitress plays a couple of times a week in AC
since 1978 and this trip found her down to a final $5 before striking
the
winning jackpot.
Future plans include a trip to
Italy,
where her parents grew up and she plans to share her winnings with her
two
daughters, five grandchildren and three great-children. “Somehow, I’ll
spend
it. I’ll spend it at the casino and I might go to Vegas.”
$5 Wheel Winner
Glenrose Fatturi, a retired waitress from
Crystal
Falls,
MI
said she was visiting the
casino for a wedding and said, “I had $100 left and decided to play the
$5
Wheel. I thought about nickels, but then thought, what the heck.”
The
decision to play $5 instead of 5 cents resulted in a
huge hit of a $5,213,986 Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpot at the LacVieux
Desert
Casino. The awe-struck winner said she didn’t realize she had won the
top award
because she was only thinking, “hit the max.”
It wasn’t
until the people around Fatturi got excited and
the slots tech told her she had won the $5 million progressive that the
shakes
set in. Fatturi stated that “reality has not sunk in yet, but that she
is
cautious and won’t jump into anything for a while”.
California Slots Winner
The 5.5 Million MegaJackpot on a Wheel of Fortune is one of
the
largest slots machine win in CA.
Alvenia P Stephens, 48, of
Panorama
City, CA
arrived in the
afternoon at the casino in a chartered bus with her family and departed
in a
chauffeured limo paid for by Fantasy Springs,
Indio,
CA. after she hit a jackpot of $5,537,958. Stephens, who works as a
teacher’s
aide and hospital nutritionist, initially thought she had won $5,000
after
playing for approx 20 minutes.
“I visit Fantasy Springs because it’s my favorite casino.”
As for the huge load of cash, Stephens plans to trade in her
1983 Toyota Tercel for new and visit her family in the
Philippines.
The previous record was a $3.1 million.
The First Time
Beverlee Grove of Albuquerque, NM decided to try the
MegaBucks for the first time and that’s all it took for this new
millionaire.
“I still have goose bumps,” said
Groves.
“I found a dollar at the airport and said at the time that is was a
lucky sign.
I just never guessed how lucky.” The win of $8,065,000 for this
46-year-old
real estate escrow officer will provide for her parents and daughter as
she
accepted the first of 25 annual installment payments.
A Mississippi Biggie
Isle of
Capri in
Biloxi
produced a huge win of $13,789,894 for Chris Guy Loewen of
Mobile,
AL.
The lucky
winner playing a quarter
Jeopardy Progressive became the largest winner in
Mississippi
history and promptly fell out of his chair when told his winnings were
much
more than $13,000.
“I knew the jackpot was ready to hit and
I was going to win
it. I just felt lucky.” said Loewen. His plans are, “Spend it on my
family and
not be poor anymore.”
It’s a Team Effort
The Edgewater Casino on New Year’s Eve was the plan for
long-time friends, Karen Beverly and Rosemary Greene. A correct hunch,
in
hindsight, steered Rosemary to advise Karen to play a specific Wheel of
Fortune
progressive with the enticement of a $100 bill.
In addition,
Ms. Greene was
‘right on the money’ as her teammate hit for $6,768,407 after using up
only 52
credits.
The split
pot will be shared
with family members plus a special bonus of a new car.
In the World Records
Book
A
Santa Ana,
CA.
man celebrated his 70th birthday and will go in the world records book
with his
25-cent machine jackpot.
Manuel Herrera was playing Wheel of Fortune quarters at the
Flamingo in
Laughlin,
Nevada,
when he won the $8.4 million jackpot. A retired restaurant worker,
Herrera was
visiting Laughlin on a bus tour when his $30 cash outlay made him a
millionaire.
He said, “he was preparing to leave the casino but decided
to play just a little longer.”
“The bank of machines was busy with players on both sides of
him and he had a feeling about that particular machine.”
As
for the winnings, Herrera explained that he has 5 sons, 5
daughters, 45 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren, so there’s no
lack of
places to spend his riches.
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A Return Visit Sets a
Record.
Richard Lee Massey reflects on his record setting win,
“I have been here several times before and always play the
same machine.
I
was just hoping to win
1,000 coins” He certainly did better than that while playing Jeopardy!
that
paid out $ 8,152,574 at the Hollywood Casino.
This was one of the largest progressive jackpot in the
history of
Louisiana
gaming
dating back to 1993. With a cash outlay of only $40, this firefighter
will
likely take an early retirement.
LA Millionaire
Kyle DeVillier won more than $8 million at the Delta Downs
Racetrack. He was visiting his family and they decided to travel to
Delta Downs
in the hopes of winning a Hummer, but one of them left with one of the
largest
jackpots in
Louisiana’s
history.
He bet $8 on the Wheel of Fortune machine and
played it down
to $7 before he hit. “I don't know why this happened. I guess it was
just my
time,” said the 43-year-old DeVillier, a Texas Department of Parks and
Wildlife
game warden.
“I had weak knees”, DeVillier said, after realizing he had
become a multimillionaire. Future plans include a larger home and
sending his two
children to college.
The Fifties Were Indeed
Fabulous
The Players Club was the setting for Linda Crosby of
Houston
who selected a Fabulous Fifties machine to play.
After a
two-quarter play, she was a winner with a
$5,557,028 jackpot.
Crosby’s
reaction was, “I’m in shock.
I can’t believe this has happened to me. I can now buy my aunt a car
and help
some people who are important to me.”
Where Are My Credits?
A very lucky player got the winning Megabucks alignment on
the first 3-dollar spin upon his initial investment of a $10 bill. The
jackpot
hit at Caesar’s,
Las Vegas
for a
whopping $21 million.
The new millionaire’s immediate
concern was whether he
would receive the unplayed seven credits due him. I’m sure he got them
back as
they would be suitable for framing.
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