Michigan man’s 60th birthday celebration becomes 6-figure payoff

A 60th birthday celebration became a six-figure jackpot celebration for a Michigan visitor Monday. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Caesars Rewards member Kenneth Conners of Southgate, Michigan, won a mega progressive jackpot for $155,328 after placing down a royal flush playing Three Card Poker at Flamingo Las Vegas, according to a news release. (Flamingo Las Vegas)

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A 60th birthday celebration became a six-figure jackpot celebration for a Michigan visitor Monday.

Caesars Rewards member Kenneth Conners of Southgate, Michigan, won a mega progressive jackpot for $155,328 after placing down a royal flush playing Three Card Poker at the Flamingo, according to a news release.

No other details were made public.

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