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Woman wins $1M slot jackpot on Las Vegas Strip on Christmas Eve

The Wheel of Fortune slot machine (Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas)

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By Caitlin Lilly Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 25, 2018 - 9:38 am

Christmas came early for a Las Vegas visitor from the United Kingdom after she hit a slot jackpot worth more than $1 million on the Strip on Monday morning.

The woman, a guest at the Cosmopolitan, had been playing the Wheel of Fortune slot machine for 90 minutes when she hit a jackpot worth $1,023,743 on her 960th spin, the property said.

Santa came early. Congrats to one lucky guest who won $1,023,743 on her 960th spin while playing Wheel of Fortune. pic.twitter.com/t04agAy3EA

— The Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan_LV) December 24, 2018

Contact Caitlin Lilly at clilly@reviewjournal.com. Follow @caitielilly_ on Twitter.

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