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Man
Wins $39 Million on Las Vegas Slot Machine
Mar 22, 8:34
pm ET
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A young
man visiting America's gambling capital hit pay dirt on Friday
-- a world record $39 million on a slot machine.
The 25-year-old software engineer
from Los Angeles, who requested anonymity, came up big at the
Excalibur Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, according to International
Game Technology, which made the Megabucks slot machine.
He was visiting family and
keeping track of college basketball's "March Madness" tournament
with some friends in Las Vegas, where betting on the games is
legal. His uncle had told him about the Megabucks machine, which
can pay out $5,000 for a $1 bet. If you play for $3 a pull, the
winnings increase dramatically.
"This MegaJackpot is nearly
$5 million more than the previous world record slot jackpot amount
of $34.9 million," said John Sears, vice president of MegaJackpots
for IGT.
Friday's winner said he'd
put in about $100 when he turned his head away for an instant.
When he looked back, the winning symbols had lined up and he was
$39,713,982.25 richer.
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