Lucky gambler left ‘in shock’ after winning life-changing prize from NM slot machine
A woman won a slot machine jackpot so big it left her “in shock” at a New Mexico casino.
Now, she’s a $1,032,690.65 richer.
The lucky gambler sat at a Buffalo Wild Extreme slot machine on Nov. 16 at the Ohkay Hotel Casino, the hotel said in a news release.
She wagered $3.75, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen.
Then a jackpot message appeared saying she was a millionaire winner.
“The young lady, she was ecstatic. She was in shock, super thrilled,” the casino’s director of marketing, Peter Trujillo, told The Santa Fe New Mexican. “I think she was still in disbelief, honestly.”
Ohkay Hotel Casino is in Ohkay Owingeh, a census-designated place that’s about a 30-mile drive north from Santa Fe.
Helena Wegner
McClatchy DC