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Penny slot machine yields $3 million record winning
Sunday, 25 Aug, 2005
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A woman playing the 1-cent slots in Laughlin near Las Vegas hit the jackpot: winning almost $3 million.
Sixty-one-year-old Shigeko Ide Stein won the money after playing pennies at the Twilight Zone Video Slots in a casino. She normally visits the place three times a week,
The California woman told the Associated Press she took her seat only because it was the only one available.
Her win broke the previous world record of just over $2 million won in a penny slot machine.
Report by David Wilkening
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