There was good news for a woman from Roseville, CA, who walked away with jackpot money of USD 91,650 during the weekend from the Thunder Valley Casino Resort. She was the ninth person to hit the Thunder Strike Bonus Jackpot.
For around 90 minutes, Bernadette S. had been playing at the USD 1 Black Widow Slot without any luck. All of a sudden, things changed for her, as she hit the Thunder Strike Jackpot.
Two weeks ago, a resident of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, claimed to have won half of the prize money of USD 198-million Mega Millions jackpot.
It is believed that the man, Giuseppe Garofalo, is looking forward to receive the winning amount as cash. This means that he will be receiving whatever is left after the tax (25% federal and 3% state) from his winnings of USD 73,279,052.
There was another millionaire created by one of the IGT games.
The Wheel of Fortune Double Diamond Video Slot was the casino game, which gave out USD 1,194,269 to one of it’s players at the Wynn Las Vegas casino.
After hitting the jackpot of USD 12,048 for a bet of merely USD 2, Tanya S, VIP Player at Intertops Casino, knew that she was in for a wonderful night. She won the jackpot almost the moment she sat on the computer. And things got better for her, as she ended up winning payout money of over USD 55,000.
Daniel Healey, who lives in Las Vegas, made history, as he became the first poker player to come out as winner of the first real-money, legal, online poker tournament in US.
Healey came out victorious in a tournament, which had 200 players and won the first USD 10,000 Sunday Tournament hosted by Ultimate Poker. He came out of the tournament with first place prize money of USD 4,173.