Casino player bets 88 cents on slot machine — and wins big prize in Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas gambler bet less than a $1 on a slot machine and won a big jackpot prize.

Now, the player is $11,021.03 richer.

The guest sat at an Emerald Guardian slot machine at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino, the hotel said in a Feb. 25 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The gambler bet 88 cents, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen.

The visitor then walked away with a jackpot worth thousands.

Palace Station Hotel & Casino is just west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Another gambler got lucky at a slot machine in Vegas.

This guest was at Boulder Station Hotel & Casino when they bet $2 on a Buffalo Link slot and won more than $17,000.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.