An Ohio resident visiting the Las Vegas Strip collected $362K at the Linq Hotel + Experience on his 21st birthday.
Damon Howell of Union City won $362,640 while playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em on May 10 at the resort casino.
He had been at the table for about 30 minutes when he got the jackpot.
A recent research project used AI to dig into the behavior of gamblers. The results are below, and although not surprising, I was wondering if you agree with the assessment of the AI when it comes to gamblers.
Gamblers often share several common traits and behaviors beyond simply engaging in gambling activities. Some of these commonalities include:
A juvenile convicted as an adult of the October 2019 manslaughter of a casino winner during a chilling home invasion in North Battleford, Canada, has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The young offender, who cannot be…
Laughlin, Nev. – May 9, 2024 – It was another month of big winners at Laughlin’s Aquarius Casino Resort and Edgewater Casino Resort, as the two premier properties situated on the banks of the Colorado River combined to pay out over $6.75 million to jackpot winners throughout the month of April. Aquarius, located at 1900 S. Casino Drive, paid out… Read More »
An extremely lucky visitor at Caesars Palace Las Vegas won more than $1.4M in just a few hours this week from successive slot machine jackpots.
The player initially collected much of the money from seven successive payouts. That was topped by hitting another $319K just hours later on the same day also at Caesars Palace.
Law enforcement in Florida wasted little time in initiating its crackdown on suspected illegal slot machines after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week signed legislation allowing seized machines and associated money to become state property.
DeSantis signed House Bill 5203 which allows cash “and other things of value” like gaming machines seized by law enforcement to be retained and sold by the state. Since the governor signed the statute into law, the Florida Gaming Control Commission’s Division of Gaming Enforcement has carried out several raids of businesses advertised as arcades and amusement centers that state officials allege are running illegal gambling operations.
An extremely lucky mystery player won over $1.6M on slot machines at Caesars Palace Las Vegas from six separate payouts over two weeks.
It began with three wins over just three hours starting on March 26. At about 9:27 p.m., the person won $125K on the slot. Then, at 10:58 p.m., they won $383.5K. Early the following morning, at 12:27 a.m., the player hit $159,250.