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Woman hits $789K jackpot, then wins another $5K at downtown casino

Louise (no last name given) not only won a $789,000 jackpot on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, she w ...
Louise (no last name given) not only won a $789,000 jackpot on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, she won $5,000 on a nearby machine at The Fremont while waiting to get her payout (Boyd Gaming photo)
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By Marvin Clemons Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 17, 2020 - 10:40 am
 
Updated September 18, 2020 - 4:53 am

You’ve heard that some people have all the luck, right?

That may very well apply to Louise (no last name given), a regular visitor from Hawaii who stopped by the Fremont in downtown Las Vegas.

She hit a jackpot of $789,062 on Aristocrat’s Buffalo Inferno slot game about 8:35 a.m. Wednesday.

The lucky guest thought she won $79,000 at first but quickly realized she won 10 times that amount.

While waiting to get her payout from Boyd Gaming, she hit for $5,000 on a nearby machine.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.

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