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Visitor wins $320K jackpot on Las Vegas Strip

(The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas via Twitter)

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By Mark Davis / Las Vegas Review-Journal

July 25, 2020 - 5:40 pm

Updated July 27, 2020 - 9:03 am

A visitor to the Las Vegas Strip is celebrating tonight, presumably, after hitting it big in a resort slots room.

How does a $320,000 jackpot sound?

On Saturday, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas said in a tweet, “Winner, winner. Congrats to one lucky guest who won $320,000 playing Pinball in our High Limit Slots room with a $200 2-coin bet.”

Winner, winner. Congrats to one lucky guest who won $320,000 playing Pinball in our High Limit Slots room with a $200 2-coin bet. pic.twitter.com/EF6yGQrrr7

— The Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan_LV) July 25, 2020

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