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$1M jackpot hits at downtown Las Vegas casino

A visitor from Southern California hit a huge Wheel of Fortune jackpot Sunday afternoon in downtown Las Vegas.

Nikki won $1,075,234.28 while playing the iconic slot machine at Circa. Circa owner and CEO Derek Stevens tweeted a video of himself posing with Nikki and friends in front of the winning machine.

This was the second millionaire winner on Sunday. Quoclong Pham, from Vancouver, Washington, hit a $1,393,273 jackpot on Face Up Pai Gow at Harrah’s Las Vegas.

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