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Two $1 million jackpots -- on same machine -- in a month
After not having a $1 million slot winner in its more than five years of being open, the Hard Rock hit its second $1 million plus jackpot in less than a month -- on the same machine.
It came Saturday night, paying off $1,028,215 to a person who wished to remain anonymous. (Can't blame 'em.) The game was the Megabucks Video MegaJackpot and the woman played 75 cents per spin (the max bet).
If you're searching: the winning machine is in the southeast quadrant of the main casino, near the Council Oak restaurant.
The jackpot costs the Hard Rock almost nothing: That's because the casino is part of a Native American progressive gaming network that includes over 300 casinos nationwide. So each time a coin is played in a linked machine, anywhere in the network, the jackpot accumulates until it is won. The Hard Rock -- and every other casino -- root for the progressives to hit at their casino. It's the best marketing you could want.
The jackpot starts at $1 million, then increases as people play the machines. On Sept. 29 the casino paid the first-ever Florida Megabucks MegaJackpot of $1,110,779. They're catching up: In July 2008, the >Seminole Coconut Creek Casino paid a $2 million on a Wheel of Fortune Special Edition machine, and last November the Tampa Hard Rock hit for $2.5 million.
The Seminole Immokalee Casino got the state record on Aug. 30, with $3.5 million on a Wheel of Fortune $5 progressive game.
Megabucks was developed by IGT. A press release said she came to the casino for an “evening out” and chose the winning machine at random. She has no immediate plans for her winnings beyond “collecting them.” (You know, I was at a wedding early Saturday and gave a woman who liked gambling my card. I told her if she hit a jackpot to call me and give me the exclusive. Hmmm...)
Florida parimutuels have progressive slots approved, as part of new gambling laws, but it's being held up while the state and the Seminoles negotiate a compact -- it's all rolled together.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, early training for his...
Comments
It's interesting to read about this big progressive jackpots, but when you report them you should include how they are paid out. Most of these progressives are not paid out all at once, but rather over 20, 25 or 30 years. $33,000 a year for the next 30 years is "worth" a lot less than having $1 million cash TODAY. And paying it out over time makes it much less of a "life changing" experience too.....
Posted by: info | October 19, 2009 4:11 PM
It's also interesting that any time there is negative news about the gaming compact a big jackpot hits! It happens every single time! Hmmm...sounds fishy to me. Of coarse the person wants to remain anon. Probably because it's a member of the tribe!
Posted by: sam | October 22, 2009 12:35 PM
It's also interesting that any time there is negative news about the gaming compact a big jackpot hits! It happens every single time! Hmmm...sounds fishy to me. Of coarse the person wants to remain anon. Probably because it's a member of the tribe!
Posted by: sam | October 22, 2009 12:35 PM