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A tourist spent $5 on a Las Vegas slot. Minutes later, everything changed
Yahoo • • business
Key Points:
- An Atlanta visitor won over $10 million on a slot machine at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on June 16, turning a $5 bet into a $10,292,912.32 jackpot just minutes after sitting down to play.
- The jackpot is the second-largest slot machine payout in Westgate's history, following a $10.7 million Megabucks win in 2015.
- The winning machine was an IGT Megabucks progressive slot, known for linking jackpots across Nevada casinos, allowing the prize to grow with wagers.
- Casino officials celebrated the win with the guest and highlighted the rarity and life-changing nature of such jackpots.
- Megabucks jackpots have produced several multimillion-dollar winners in Nevada, though prizes of this magnitude remain uncommon.
