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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
December 26, 2016 - 2:30 pm
 

A slot player in Las Vegas hit a multi-million dollar jackpot at a Strip hotel just before Christmas.

International Game Technology reported on Twitter that the $1 Wheel of Fortune game was hit for $2,620,550 at the MGM Grand on Christmas Eve.

The winner was not identified. No other information was immediately available from IGT.

Winners of major jackpots usually get the option of a lump sum payment or monthly payouts, often spread out over 20 years.

According to IGT website, some $3 billion has been paid out on Wheel of Fortune slot jackpots.

IGT’s popular Megabucks jackpot currently stands at just over $10.6 million.

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