A Las Vegas, Nevada resident who was recently visiting the Sunset Station Hotel and Casino miraculously turned a $3 bet into more than one million dollars. Some people just have all the luck.
“Congratulations to a local guest on hitting an incredible $1,048,675.87 jackpot playing IGT’s Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Big Money at Sunset Station last night!” the casino posted on social media with photos of the winning spin over the weekend.
Underneath the grand prize of $1,048,675.87, the slot machine also listed other potential winnings of $10,251.01 and $1.187.52. Either of those prizes would normally make for a good day, but taking home over a million dollars one $3 spin? That’s incredibly rare.
What are the odds of winning the grand prize on a slot machine?
In fact, it is so rare that, according to an article on King Casino, based on the amount won by the Vegas resident, it is probably somewhere between 50 million to one and up to 100 million to one…