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Penny machine pays off for visitor from Wisconsin with $216K jackpot

Penny machine pays off for visitor from Wisconsin

Edgewater Resort & Casino in Laughlin. (Submitted photo)

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By Marvin Clemons Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 7, 2024 - 4:31 pm

Updated February 8, 2024 - 7:13 pm

That’s a lot of cheese.

A visitor from Wisconsin won more than $216,000 at Edgewater Casino Resort in Laughlin on Monday.

Jeffrery M., who was visiting from Luxembourg, struck the big payout playing on a 1-cent Lighting Buffalo Link machine, placing a $5 bet and winning a $216,040 jackpot.

No other details were available.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @VegasMarvRJ on X.

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