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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) – It was chicken dinner for one gambler at Wynn Las Vegas on Monday night. According to the casino, one lucky person won more than $1.7 million on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine.
Photo of Trinadad Torres courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
Admit it. You have the same dream we do.
Everything conspires and you find yourself in the right place at the right time – seated in front of a Megabucks slot machine that’s primed and ready to hit. You push the button (of course, pulling a lever would be more dramatic, but this is 2015 and the one-armed bandit has gone the way of the horse and buggy). The logos on the reels all line up. And then the moment you’ve been waiting for finally arrives…you realize you’re a millionaire.
Correction: A multimillionaire.
IGT’s Megabucks has been paying out ginormous life-changing jackpots for almost 20 years. Its slogan is “Dream big. Win big.”
A network of slot machines linked throughout Nevada, Megabucks boasts a top prize that builds from a base amount of $10 million. To play it costs $1 a spin, but to quality for that top amount you’ll have to shell out $3. That sounds pretty steep, we know. But trust us, if you hit Megabucks with only a buck or two invested, you’ll leave with a jackpot in the thousands instead of millions. And just imagine trying to live with that.
As you’d expect, Megabucks lays claim to having paid the largest slot jackpots in Vegas history. It last hit here in mid March at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The lucky winner was Trinadad Torres, a 78-year-old woman from Magna, Utah. She played $100 before netting the $10,744,292.71 jackpot. Her plans include traveling to the Philippines and buying a yellow Mustang.
While nothing to sneeze at, Torres’ windfall just misses placing her on our list below of the 10 biggest slot jackpots ever won in Sin City.
Photo of Excalibur courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Jackpot amount: $39,710,826.36
When: March 21, 2003
Where:Excalibur
More than 12 years ago, a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles, who wanted to remain anonymous (and who can blame him?), hit the city’s largest slot jackpot after playing $100 on a Megabucks machine. A C-note in return for nearly $40 million…now that’s what we’d call a damn good investment.
Photo of Cynthia Jay-Brennan at the Desert Inn courtesy of Ethan Miller / Las Vegas Sun.
Jackpot amount: $34,959,458.56
When: Jan. 26, 2000
Where: Desert Inn (imploded in phases in 2001 and 2004 to make room for Wynn Las Vegas)
Gobs bigger than any tip she’d received, cocktail waitress Cynthia Jay-Brennan, then 37 years old, hit the second largest Megabucks slot jackpot in Vegas (at that time it was the city’s highest Megabucks payout). But her story took a tragic turn when her car was rear-ended about six weeks later by a drunk driver. Her older sister Lela died in the accident, and Jay-Brennan was left paralyzed.
Photo of Palace Station courtesy of Station Casinos.
Jackpot amount: $27,580,879.60
When: Nov. 15, 1998
Where:Palace Station
Ignoring your budget isn’t always a bad thing. Just ask the then 67-year-old retired flight attendant from Vegas who racked up the city’s third largest Megabucks slot payout. She’d only intended to play $100 at Palace Station that day, but wound up putting $300 in…and we’re pretty she doesn’t regret overspending one bit.
Jackpot amount: $22,621,229.74
When: May 27, 2002
Where:Bally’s
How does that old expression go? The early bird catches…the $22.6 million slot jackpot. Well, that’s how Johanna Heundl (then 74 years old) of Covina, California, might remember it. She was on her way to breakfast when she decided to stop and play a Megabucks machine. Having looked away for a moment, she couldn’t believe her eyes when she turned back and saw all the logos aligned in the payline.
Photo of Caesars Palace courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.
Jackpot amount: $21,346,952.22
When: June 1, 1999
Where:Caesars Palace
An Illinois man, then 49 years old and described as a “self-employed business consultant,” put a $10 bill into a Megabucks machine at the Roman-themed property and hit this whopping multimillion-dollar slot jackpot on his first spin. Here’s what we want to know: Is he still consulting? Can we hire him to help us get into the business of being millionaires?
Jackpot amount: $21,147,947
When: Sept. 15, 2005
Where:Cannery Casino Hotel
One man, two times a Megabucks winner. What are the odds? They’ve got to be astronomical. Certainly, anyone would be happy to score a single multimillion-dollar slot jackpot. But not everyone is Elmer Sherwin. A frequent Vegas visitor, Sherwin hit his first Megabucks jackpot of $4.6 million at The Mirage back in 1989. It was a sign of even better things to come. Sixteen years later, at the age of 92, that lucky son of a gun (kidding, we’re not jealous…really) did it again, adding another $21.1 million to his bank account.
Photo courtesy of the M Resort.
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Jackpot amount: $17,329,817.80
When: Dec. 14, 2012
Where:M Resort
Oh, the best things in life are free…especially when they lead to a $17.3 million jackpot. A Las Vegas woman stopped by the M Resort in Henderson to gamble with her “free play” credits and enjoy a meal with some dining vouchers. Before she knew it, she’d become a multimillionaire.
Photo of “Rampart Lucky Local” courtesy of the Rampart Casino.
Jackpot amount: $14,282,544.21
When: Nov. 30, 2014
Where: Rampart Casino
Slot Machine Las Vegas Big Win
Late last year a Las Vegas man put $20 in a Megabucks slot machine at the Summerlin-area Rampart Casino. Within five minutes he’d hit a jackpot worth $14.2 million. His plans were altruistic (unlike ours). The man, dubbed the “Rampart Lucky Local,” said he would make a donation to his church. The church, which had been holding services in a high school gym, can now have its own location built.
Photo of Aria courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Jackpot amount: $12,769,933
When: Jan. 21, 2011
Where:Aria
A woman visiting her niece in Vegas decided to drop $6 in a Megabucks slot machine before heading back to her room. Her reaction when the winning symbols lined up: “The machine broke.” Luckily, her niece was there to clarify things. We think we should book a room at Aria because about four months after that jackpot occurred, another Megabucks jackpot hit at the resort for $10,636,897. Talk about lightning striking twice!
Photo of New York-New York courtesy of MGM Resorts International.
Jackpot amount: $12,510,549.90
When: April 14, 1997
Where:New York-New York
New York-New York opened its doors on Jan. 3, 1997. Perhaps due to a little of the “city that never sleeps” magic, Vegas resident Suzanne Henley made her fortune at the Big Apple-themed megaresort just a few months later. On her way home from work, she stopped in to play a Megabucks machine – one that she’d had an inkling might hit. Henley waited in line an hour before she could play. And at 1:44 a.m., after putting $100 in, her diligence paid off…to the tune of more than $12.5 million.
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Most visitors to Sin City hope they manage to win big inside the casinos. Sometimes, this dream becomes a reality. This week, one lucky gambler managed to win a massive slot jackpot in Las Vegas.
These huge jackpots are more common than you might think. Today, we’re going to look at how much the gambler won. We’ll also look back at a few more recent big winners in this city.
Let’s get into it!
Slots Player Wins $2.2 Million This Week
Some gamblers love playing slots. Others feel table games offer the best way to win big. Regardless of how you feel, it’s hard to deny that sometimes, slot machines can offer absolutely massive payouts.
On Friday, one slot player won an incredible $2.2 million playing the Wheel of Fortune Triple Red Hot Bells game inside the Mirage Hotel & Casino. This massive slot jackpot in Las Vegas was won on just a $5 wager. The winning spin came at exactly 8:10 am.
It’s great news for this gambler. $2.2 million is one of the biggest slot jackpots in recent memory. Fortunately, this isn’t the first huge slot win and won’t be the last.
Let’s take a look at some other jackpot winners in recent memory.
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Another Huge Slot Jackpot in Las Vegas Was Won This Month
The Wheel of Fortune slot machine is well-known for offering some of the biggest prizes in Las Vegas. It seems like every few months, a lucky player wins huge on one of these games. Earlier this month, one gambler took home several hundred thousand dollars playing Wheel of Fortune.
News broke on November 5th that a slots player connected on a 25-cent Wheel of Fortune Triple Double Emeralds for an incredible jackpot of $257,221.73. Just eight days earlier, another player won $492,743.64 on the same game!
Also in late October, a Pennsylvania native took home an astounding $64,829.61 on a 1-cent Tarzan slot machine at the STRAT.
It’s a great time to be a gambling fan in Las Vegas. There are more affordable slot machines now than ever before. There are also some exciting new gambling venues set to open here over the next few years.
New Hotel-Casinos Scheduled to Open in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is home to many of the very best hotel-casinos in the world. Recently, several major casino companies here have begun selling their biggest properties. Many new companies are also constructing new gambling venues here.
Earlier this year, news broke that the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas was sold to Virgin Hotels. Soon, Virgin will begin the renovation of this gambling venue. It’s scheduled to close for eight months while construction is taking place and will open before the end of 2020.
Another exciting casino-resort set to open here is Resorts World, located near the top of the Las Vegas Strip. It’s owned by the Genting Group and is one of the most expensive venues ever built in Las Vegas. As of now, the plan is for this venue to open in December of 2020.
With the Eldorado Resorts-Caesars Entertainment merger almost complete, it’s possible that even more hotel-casinos could be sold here. We’ll need to wait and see which properties Eldorado feels it can benefit without.
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One lucky gambler won an absolutely massive slot jackpot in Las Vegas this week. Make sure to stay tuned for more news on these jackpot wins over the next few months!