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$1M jackpot hits at downtown Las Vegas casino

(Derek Stevens via Twitter)

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By Madelon Hynes / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 15, 2021 - 2:44 pm

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.

$1,075,234.28 !

Our friend Nikki from SoCal just hit #WheelOfFurtune ⁦@CircaLasVegas⁩ pic.twitter.com/E2GOlPN6sA

— Derek Stevens (@DerekJStevens) November 14, 2021

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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