Tourist from NC plays one last slot in Vegas before going home — and she wins big

A North Carolina woman stopped at a slot machine on her way out of a Las Vegas casino, and she won a big jackpot.

Now, she’s $599,015 richer.

The lucky gambler decided to play one last game at the Palms Casino Resort before heading to the airport, the casino said in a July 29 news release.

So she stopped at a Whitney Houston slot machine to try her luck.

She bet $5, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen until a jackpot message appeared.

The casino said she won a “life-changing” jackpot during her first visit in Las Vegas.

“She walked away with a six-figure win and an unforgettable Vegas memory,” the casino said in the release.

Palms Casino Resort is about a mile drive west from the Las Vegas Strip.

Helena Wegner

McClatchy DC

Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.