LAS VEGAS — A $5 investment turned into a rich payday for a New Mexico tourist visiting a Las Vegas casino.
Officials said the tourist won a $10 million Megabucks jackpot at South Point Casino early Monday, KVVU reported.
The winning amount from the slot machine pull was $10,453,269.30, KSNV reported.
You heard it here first…we had a lucky customer hit a $10 MILLION JACKPOT playing Megabucks over the weekend! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/mZsJnDJstK
— South Point Hotel (@southpointlv) April 26, 2021
According to South Point, it’s the largest Megabucks jackpot in Nevada during 2021, KVVU reported.
It has been a lucrative week for gamblers so far on the Vegas Strip. On Sunday, a tourist from Alaska won $2.1 million on a $40 bet at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the television station reported.
Monopoly Millionaire lived up to its name when a lucky guest from Alaska hit for 2.1 million dollars Sunday evening after inserting only $40. pic.twitter.com/TUkAgVIC3V
— The Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan_LV) April 26, 2021
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