Woman Hits Second $1 Million Jackpot On Same Machine
POSTED: Monday, May 9, 2005
UPDATED: 7:16 pm EDT May 10,
2005
A woman from Boulder City, Nev., pulled off what gambling experts said had to be a trillion-to-one shot: she hit a $1 million jackpot, twice, on the same slot machine.
Argyris hit her second million-dollar jackpot in less than a year Thursday night at the Railroad Pass Casino.
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Argyris, a self-employed single mother of two and a grandmother of three from Boulder City, says she saw the symbols "but it just didn't seem possible.""I looked and I said, 'Oh my God' and I started to cry,'" Argyris said.The machine was a penny, progressive video slots dubbed Millioni$er, which are distributed by Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2005 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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IMAGES: More strange stories, images featured on Local6.com Argyris, a self-employed single mother of two and a grandmother of three from Boulder City, says she saw the symbols "but it just didn't seem possible.""I looked and I said, 'Oh my God' and I started to cry,'" Argyris said.The machine was a penny, progressive video slots dubbed Millioni$er, which are distributed by Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2005 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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