South Florida Gambling
A Miami woman hit the highest jackpot ever at Mardi Gras, going over $100,000.
The woman, who Mardi Gras officials said didn't want to be identified, hit at 2:17 a.m. on July 2 in the High Roller room on the Wheel of Fortune machine.
She played the machine several times, got up a couple times and she finally hit the jackpot on her third sitting, going $10 per push, according to the casino.
The previous Mardi Gras jackpot high was over $70,000, Mardi Gras staff said.
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NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
