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Calif. Man Turns Pennies Into Millions! $2 Million MegaJackpot Award on Penny Slot Machine is New World Record.


SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  -- One lucky California resident is off to a very good year after winning a $2,065,685 MegaJackpot(TM) Monday night at Viejas Casino in San Diego County on The Twilight Zone twilight zone - [IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC operators live. An op is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone". (R) penny slot machine, which is part of IGT's TV Hits(TM) system.

The win is the world's largest-ever penny slot machine MegaJackpot(TM).

The lucky winner, who asked to remain anonymous, was visiting the casino with his wife when he hit the record setting jackpot.

"My wife was watching 'The Twilight Zone' on New Year's Eve," said the winner. "So we came to Viejas so we could play it."

The man plans to take his wife (they are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in 2005) on a European vacation with some of his winnings. When asked if he considered himself a lucky person, the wise winner proclaimed, "yes, ever since I met my wife I've been very lucky."

Developed and operated by IGT IGT impaired glucose tolerance. , The Twilight Zone(R) penny slot machines are part of the Native American Progressive Systems (NAPS) network that links slot machines from various casinos to a single large progressive jackpot A progressive jackpot is a jackpot (highest payoff) for a gaming machine (usually a slot machine or video poker machine) where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played. . MegaJackpots(TM) awards hit every 1.8 days on average.

The Twilight Zone(R) was developed by IGT of Reno, Nev., a world leader in the manufacturing of gaming machines and proprietary software for progressive gaming systems. Sodak Gaming Inc. is the leading distributor of IGT slot machines and progressive systems on tribal lands and manages sales and service to Indian Country from its headquarters in Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is a city located in the western part of South Dakota and is the second largest city in the state of South Dakota after Sioux Falls. Set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills, Rapid City is in the county of PenningtonGR6 USA. . All IGT MegaJackpots(TM) top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots(TM) and Rapid Riches MegaJackpots(TM) awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification. For more information on IGT, visit the company Web site at www.IGT.com.

"The Twilight Zone" is a registered trademark of CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast.  Broadcasting Inc.
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