MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Potawatomi Bingo Casino awarded an impressive $551,289 Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpot on a $1 machine Dec. 16.
The winner, who asked to remain anonymous, said she chose the winning machine carefully. “I noticed that the last person who played the machine spun $100 on the Wheel spin feature. From past experience, I felt this was a good sign for the machine to hit, so I sat down and played it,” she said. After investing only $30, the winner said she “felt blessed” and “thanked God” for her good fortune. When asked about immediate plans, the winner said she will buy a new truck and pay off bills.
Tuesday’s MegaJackpot is the second to be paid this year at Potawatomi Bingo Casino and follows an incredible $2,163,352 Wheel of Fortune Special Edition MegaJackpot hit Sept. 13.
Two of the casino’s largest MegaJackpot prizes to date were awarded on the Wheel of Fortune $1 progressive system. In November 1997, Potawatomi paid a $2.2 million prize, and in July 2004, the casino awarded an impressive $2.4 million MegaJackpot. The casino also awarded a $1.1million prize on the ever popular Jeopardy! quarters progressive game. The casino has now awarded 55 MegaJackpot prizes totaling nearly $25.2 million since 1997.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, located just outside downtown Milwaukee, is one of several Wisconsin casinos belonging to a 17-state gaming network that includes more than 300 tribal casinos nationwide. The network is made up of casinos that carry one or more IGT progressive game. Anytime a coin is played in a linked machine, anywhere in the network, the jackpot continues to grow until it is won. Combined, Wisconsin casinos have now awarded 291 MegaJackpot prizes totaling over $159 million since 1995.
The $1 Wheel of Fortune progressive system is one of the most popular systems in Native America, and features an exciting bonus spin that has come to be one of the favorite facets of the game for players and fans alike. In order to win the MegaJackpot, a player bets $3 at a time while attempting to line up the Wheel of Fortune reel symbols on the machine’s payline. Wheel of Fortune was developed by IGT, a global company specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of computerized gaming machines and systems products. All IGT MegaJackpot top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification.
