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Visiting slots player hits for nearly $1.9M at Las Vegas casino

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By Tony Garcia Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 10, 2019 - 4:34 pm

The buffalo roamed well for a slots player at The STRAT.

A visitor from Washington hit for nearly $1.9 million playing Aristocrat Technologies’ Buffalo Grand machine on Friday night.

The winner chose to remain anonymous.

Two other lucky slots players hit this weekend in Las Vegas on IGT’s Wheel of Fortune 25-cent machines. On Friday, an anonymous player hit for $326,721.71 at Caesars Palace. And a visitor from Texas won $217,542.85 Sunday morning at the Golden Nugget.

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