Jackpot: Idaho’s Clearwater River Casino Player Wins Record $1.5M
A lucky winner has won o'er $1.5 jillion at Clearwater River Casino & Lodge. It is the largest jackpot of all time at the Lewiston, Gem State gaming property.
Linda Jorgensen of Lewiston won $1,541,533.11 on Thursday, the cassino announced in a Facebook post.
Jorgensen striking the jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune John Cash Link Video Gaming Machine (VGM). She had wagered $4.50.
We are pleased to insure ace of our patrons win such a Brobdingnagian amount,” Dan Kane, the casino’s full general manager, said in the post. “Several years back, we had a victor for o'er $600,000, but this million-dollar win is considered a life-time changing amount.”
Wheel of Fortune is manufactured past International Game Technology (IGT). It is a Wide Area Progressive, electronically linked to other gaming properties.
On Friday, IGT sent a technician to Clearwater Casino to verify the payout. The maximum jackpot was go under to $500,000.
Lewiston is 267 miles north of Boise, Idaho. The Clearwater Casino is owned and operated by Nez Perce Tribe. The tribe also owns and operates the It’se Ye-Ye Casino inwards Kamiah, Idaho.
IGT Millionaires
As of January, Wheel of Fortune slots have created to a greater extent than 1,100 millionaires and awarded to a greater extent than $3.3 1000000000000 inwards jackpots since 1996.
IGT says its popular statute title made II other risk taker millionaires during March. a Wheel of Fortune Triple Gold terminal at the Bellagio in Las Vegas hit for $1.48 million. type A Wheel of Fortune Triple Red River Hot 7s smash for more than $1.31 1000000 at the California Hotel & Casino inwards downtown Las Vegas.
Across the state at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort, another lucky participant won $3.8 jillion on Apr 4. The CT tribal resort said the jackpot was the largest Wheel of Fortune expansion slot win at the Uncasville belongings inwards nearly 20 years.
A player won over $1.3M on a expansion slot political machine at the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino on June 2. The historical John C. Fremont Street gaming venue is placed in downtown Las Vegas.
The jackpot was $1,342,414.70. It was won on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine, too.
Another participant hitting it big, also on a Wheel of Fortune one-armed bandit machine. It was at The d Hotel and Casino, also in downtown Las Vegas. The D reported the slot participant smash o'er a $1.4 jillion jackpot on May 4.
Wildfire Temporarily Shutters Casino
Last week, an limited flak situated nigh the Clearwater River Casino was 100% contained as of Tuesday, Nez Perce County Emergency Management officials said.
The gambling casino was forced to temporarily faithful as did portions of Highway 95, according to Big Country News, a regional word site. The flak started shoemaker's last Sunday. By Mon evening, the wildfire was almost 70% contained. It involved some 2,000 acres.
The US Forest Robert William Service helped fight back the blazing with fixed-wing-water and fire-retardant tankers. Helicopters with irrigate buckets also responded. A four-person smokejumper crew also jumped onto the fire, with crews on helicopters.
Also responding were Nina from Carolina engines from state, regional, tribal and local departments. The Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association sent a bulldozer.