New Wheel of Fortune® Special Edition(tm) Makes for a Memorable Memorial DayMonday May 31, 3:46 am ET
Los Angeles visitor wins $1.6 million on game's first jackpot at Palace StationLAS VEGAS, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kathryn Harris was having a lucky day. She had won two jackpots totaling over $3,000 and her husband had won $2,000. But all that paled in comparison to the $1.6 million she won Sunday evening on the new nickel Wheel of FortuneŽ Special Edition(tm) video slot at Boulder Station.
"The game was brand new and looked like fun," Harris said. She had invested less than $20 and only played a minute or two before the five wheels lined up. "Because the game is so new, no one knew what I had won," Harris said, "the slot attendant had to go find someone to tell us that it was the big one."
Wheel of FortuneŽ Special Edition(tm) was installed at the casino last week and the crowd of Memorial Day visitors that gathered around the machine couldn't believe it had already hit the top MegaJackpots(tm) award.(tm)
But no one was more surprised than Harris herself. "It still hasn't registered and I have no idea what I'll do now," she said.
Harris, a Los Angeles bank employee, was in Las Vegas with family members to celebrate a belated Mother's Day with her 90-year-old mother. "My mom can't believe that she has lived long enough to see her daughter become a millionaire," Harris said. "And I can't either!"
Wheel of FortuneŽ Special Edition(tm) is the latest in the Wheel of FortuneŽ family of slots developed by IGT (NYSE: IGT - News), a world leader in the manufacturing of gaming machines and proprietary software for progressive gaming systems. One of 24 Nevada MegaJackpots(tm) systems operated by IGT, Wheel of FortuneŽ Special Edition(tm) is based on the world's most popular game show and, built on IGT's Advanced Video Platform, represents the next generation of slot machine entertainment. The game's jackpot reset to $1.5 million and will continue to grow until hit again.
All IGT MegaJackpots(tm) top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots(tm) and Rapid Riches MegaJackpots(tm) awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification.
For more information on IGT, visit the company web site at
http://www.IGT.com.
