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If you are looking for the true ‘dream makers’, that award goes to the ever-increasing progressive jackpots.
I have compiled some of these Winning Stories to brighten your dreams tonight.
I'm Outta There!
Jerry Nemeth, 58, of Ohio was hopeful of some kind of win during his visit to Vegas, but his expectations didn't include the statement, "I Resign!"
The, now former, school custodian won $1,016,389.22 on a Wheel of Fortune dollar progressive slot at the Flamingo.
This big hit allowed him to say to his boss. "You will have to find somebody else right away!"
Nemeth and his wife Judy were on vacation. "It was a good time to get away," said Judy of their trip.
"We'd just arrived and I won $1,000 on a Wheel of Fortune machine at the other end of the casino.
We play only Wheel of Fortune slots.
I saw some other machines and we sat down together, and Jerry put in a $100 bill. He had only been playing six or seven minutes and he still had $34 in credit left in the machine when he won the big one."
"I felt great," said Jerry "I jumped out of the chair and shouted I won the jackpot" I got cold chills. It's wonderful. I can retire." The couple has been married 37 years and has 2 children and three grandchildren. They are in complete agreement as to how they will spend their windfall. "We will payoff our daughter's home mortgage, give an equal amount to our son to build a new home, pay off our own mortgage, and invest the rest." The win is paid out in 20 annual payments of $50,819.46. Nemeth received his first check, for that amount, at the time of his win.
Number 9, Number 9
James Stowe won over $991,000 hitting the dollar Wheel of Fortune. His stated strategy was "the person before me had played a lot of money and I knew it was going to hit."
'Everyone is friendly and it feels like home" is the way he feels about the Grand Casino Coushatta in Kinder, LA where this retiree from Alvin, TX hit the MegaJackpot. This double winner was feeling lucky after winning $1000 on another machine and only investing $9 before the huge Wheel of Fortune hit. Stowe plans to invest his winnings. He said, “his win may not change his life, but it will make my retirement even better than it already is."
A Truckload of Yen
Hideki Isimoto, a trading company rep did not understand how much he had won until it was translated into yen. Hideki, a Japanese visitor at Luxor Hotel & Casino, said he played the quarter Wheel of Fortune machine on impulse and was fortunate enough to hit the MegaJackpot progressive for $876,842.
After the translation, he said, "I had no idea that it was so much money. I'm still in shock!"
Early Morning Jackpot Rain.
Thomas Ray Barron, a lifelong Vista resident and early-riser was playing the slots at Valley View Casino when he put a $20 bill into a Wheel of Fortune dollar slot and hit for a $1,608,985 jackpot.
Barron is palm-tree broker and has three daughters whom he plans to help with his winnings. He also plans to use his winnings to pay off debt and return $40 he owes his mother.
Barron, a frequent Valley View Casino visitor, was ‘over the top’ and amazed when his loyalty paid off.
“I come to this casino because it’s close to home, has great people and I like the machines. I was due for a win!”
Gayle Mitchell is author of Casino Gambling Made Easier books, EBooks, booklets & Slots Trilogy. WEB: www.easycasinogambling.com
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