Visitor hits $64K jackpot on penny slot machine

While playing on a Tarzan slot machine in The STRAT’s Link Slot Lounge, Jacqueline Skibber of Pennsylvania hit the jackpot for $64,829.61 on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 in Las Vegas. (The STRAT)

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By Tony Garcia Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 29, 2019 - 4:47 pm

Carol Burnett was famous for her Tarzan yell at the start of her classic 1970s variety show.

A visitor from Pennsylvania might have performed the same scream Sunday at the STRAT.

Jacqueline Skibber hit the jackpot for $64,829.61 on the 1-cent Tarzan slot machine in the casino’s Link Slot Lounge, playing $2 on the victorious spin.

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