It was the biggest jackpot in the history of the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino.
On June 5, 2018, Rhonda L. from Wisconsin snagged a $1.4 million jackpot. To be exact, she won $1,453,640.47.
Derek Stevens, owner of Golden Gate and The D Las Vegas, said, “She is a big fan of the D and Golden Gate so we really couldn’t have asked for a better winner. “This is the biggest payout of my career in Las Vegas and our lucky casino player has made the experience unforgettable.”
Rhonda won on a Million Degrees slot machine.
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The biggest recorded jackpot in Vegas history was won by a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles, who claimed a payout of $39,710,826.36 from a $100 bet on another Megabucks machine at. Slot big wins have been around, and this is a classic example of how slot machines can turn a player’s fortune. While vacationing in Las Vegas in 1991, John Tippin, a postal worker, landed a humongous $11-million-dollar Megabucks jackpot. Tippin went on to publish a book ( I Did It! My Life After Megabucks) about his win and travel to Vegas. She won $873,511playing the Wheel of Fortune penny slots in the C Concourse in Terminal 1. The airport reports this huge win comes nowhere close to its largest ever. The biggest jackpot ever won.
Rhonda was in town to meet a group of friends, all part of an online Facebook community, Everything Las Vegas. Immediately following her slot machine win, she bought a round of drinks for all her friends. That is how you Las Vegas.
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Golden Gate plans to post Rhonda’s photo on the lucky machine. Vegas immortality!
Downtown Las Vegas casinos have a reputation for being “loose,” and big jackpots may be proof it’s true.
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