{"id":295151,"date":"2023-10-23T22:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=295151"},"modified":"2023-10-24T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:26:54","slug":"jackpot-las-vegas-player-wins-12-1m-on-megabucks-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/jackpot-las-vegas-player-wins-12-1m-on-megabucks-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackpot: Las Vegas Player Wins $12.1M on Megabucks Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mystery player hit it big last week at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino<\/strong><\/a> in Las Vegas. The exact payout was $12,185,766.<\/p>\n

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The Excalibur Hotel & Casino, pictured above. A player at the property won more than $12M. (Image: Oyster.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The massive jackpot was won on Wednesday on a Megabucks Spitfire Multipliers Triple Red Hot 7s<\/em> game, according to IGT Gaming. No details on the win were available\u2014 and no word on how the lucky winner will spend the cash.<\/p>\n

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The win marks the fourth time a Megabucks machine paid out more than $1M this year. It also was the second-largest Megabucks win in Nevada so far in 2023. It was the third million-dollar jackpot in the Las Vegas Valley, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Charmaine Maillet, a Las Vegas local, won more than $91K during a bingo game at the Rampart Casino <\/strong>on Thursday night. She was playing dual-action bingo and played 34 numbers before the payout. The Rampart Casino is in the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Race car driver Christy Georges-Barnett<\/a> won $1.184 million on a slot machine at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, <\/strong>as reported this week.<\/p>\n

An unnamed player recently won $1.1M on a Caesars Palace Las Vegas<\/strong> slot machine. The money was paid out on September 30 on a Dragon Link<\/em> slot machine.<\/p>\n

A mystery player won $264,697 at the Linq Hotel + Experience<\/strong> in Las Vegas, also on September 30. The win was with a royal flush. It was also a mega progressive jackpot.<\/p>\n

National Wins<\/h2>\n

An unnamed out-of-town player won more than $101K at Santa Fe Station<\/strong> Hotel & Casino <\/strong>on October 13. The money was won on a Dancing Drums<\/em> machine at the Station Casinos<\/a> property.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, a $355K jackpot was won at the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa.<\/strong> The casino revealed the win on its X account on October 9. The $355,857.91 was paid out on a Lightning Buffalo Link<\/em> slot machine. The winner was identified simply as \u201cJessie.\u201d No other information was immediately available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Beau Rivage Resort and Casino<\/strong> in Biloxi<\/a>, Miss., paid more than $105K over the weekend. A player, identified as \u201cMisty W.\u201d from Arkansas, won the jackpot on a 10-cent bet on the Bao Zhu Zhao Fu Red Festival <\/em>machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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