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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.
A Warm Win
Diana Liotta, of Woodbury, New York inserted just $50 into an Addams Family nickel progressive slot at the Showboat Hotel Casino in Atlantic City when she scored a $774,689.12 jackpot.
When she realized her major luck, she couldn't wait to share the news.
"I want everyone to know, God has solved my burial worries and my personal debt," she said. "I'm not sure how I'm going to tell my kids. I think I will have a big party this weekend and nonchalantly
place the big check somewhere."
It was important that her children share in her good fortune. "1 have always believed in giving to my children while my hands are warm," said the retired Spanish teacher. "Now I have more to give them.
Winning this jackpot has made it possible."
More than a Wooden Nickel
Channaine Martin, 32 lined up a jackpot for $1,292,397. on a nickel machine at Atlantic City's Caesars Casino. A resident of Forked River, NJ, she had played only $40 at a Jeopardy! slot before the five symbols appeared. IGT's Jeopardy! is part of a system that links slot machines in AC casinos. These jackpots start at $500,000 and grow from there.
An extra bonus for this winner is the payout on-the-spot. "I just started screaming Oh My God! Oh my God! said Martin, a magazine editor by trade. I screamed so much I lost my voice." She admits that en route to Atlantic City , she was overcome by a lucky feeling. "We had to pull over on the parkway when we got stuck in a thunder storm and I got this weird feeling, but I knew that it was a good omen". I said to my sister, "I don't know why, but this is a good omen and we're going to win"
Martin's idea of a 'big win', however, was in the $200 to $400 range. As for how this new millionaire plans to spend her fortune, Martin says, she will pay off her mortgage and credit cards, and purchase a new car. She'll also include a donation to Gilda's Club, a nationwide network of facilities that assist cancer patients and their families plus a heartfelt 'thank you' for her sister.
Happy Anniversary.
Ron and Joann Ohm traveled from Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe to celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary unaware that they would soon be instant millionaires.
Ron said he only put $20 in the Wheel of Fortune machine and played for just 15 minutes, building up 512 credits when the big jackpot of $1,538, 757 hit at the Lake Tahoe Horizon Casino Resort.
"I always play the Wheel of Fortune machines," he said.
"When it hit I jumped up and started clapping and asked people to go find my wife."
Ron is a delivery truck driver for a uniform company. "Now you can afford to hire somebody to do the work," wife Joann said. "No," replied Ron. "This isn't going to change me, I'll do the work."
The Ohms said they would use the money to pay for their daughter's student loans.
She just earned her masters degree at the University of San Francisco.
Fortunate Florida One
Cecil Stames of Milton, FL spun and won on the Wheel of Fortune dollar slots at the Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. After an outlay of only 20 dollars, he won $4,436, 033. Starnes, who is self employed, had been playing the dollar Sizzlin' 7's but wasn't having much luck. He got up to wander, saw the casino's new Wheel slots, and decided, "to give them a go". He said, "the Isle of Capri is the only casino where he wins." When asked what he would with his windfall, Starnes said, "Buy a new car and spend some".
Gayle Mitchell is author of Casino Gambling Made Easier books, EBooks, booklets and Slots Trilogy. WEB:
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