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James from The Bronx Hits $149,931 Jackpot on Wheel of Fortune at Empire City Casino Sunday; $1.6 Million Record-Breaker Still up for Grabs
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Yonkers, New York — Bring it home, James! A lucky man made the short trip from The Bronx to Yonkers a winning journey on Sunday afternoon (May 21) when James M. hit a $149,931 jackpot at Empire City Casino. The six-figure score was made in the Gotham Palace section of the casino on the Wheel of Fortune slot, just yards away from the slot machine where a New York State racetrack casino record $1,680,471 jackpot is still waiting to be hit.
James made a $6 wager on a $1 denomination machine to score at 4:23 PM, capping off a lucrative weekend.
The Empire City life-changer still looming continues to soar. On May 9, it eclipsed $1.6 for the first time in history. On April 17, it had soared past $1.5 million for the first time, and on April 10, when it reached $1,480,045, it eclipsed the previous all-time Empire City and New York racetrack casino jackpot record hit by Howard Gershowitz of Suffolk County, Long Island ($1,473,503 on October 25, 2015).
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Meanwhile, Howard G. continues to remain in the “slot-light” as advertising pitchman for Empire City’s television ad campaign entitled “Real Winners, Real Money, Real Deal” which continues to air on local sports television networks.
This record-breaker is ripe again for winning and is only available on two Wheel of Fortune slots at Empire City Casino. Who will be the next Howard G.?!
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The newly-crowned champion Philadelphia Eagles weren’t the only big winners on Sunday, you could say these next winners truly hit the jackpot with a huge win. A pair of six-figure jackpot winners from Manhattan – one just hours before kick-off, and the other on the eve of the Big Game – scored their own personal touchdowns at Empire City Casino in Yonkers, NY.
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While Giants MVP Phil Simms was about to meet with fans in pre-game festivities Sunday, February 4th, Feliciano R. from East Harlem in New York City scored $144,711.92 on the IGT/Friends game, turning his $3 bet on the penny-denomination slot machine into a six-figure win. The night before (February 3rd), Charles O. from Manhattan’s Upper West Side made a similar $3 wager and scored for $125,199 on theBally/Playboy game, also a penny denomination slot.
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The two wins weren’t the only news buzzing about at Empire City: the casino’s IGT Wheel of Fortune Triple Stars® slot machine surpassed the$2.8-million mark this past weekend – nearly double the current record of $1,473,503 won at the casino by Howard G. of Suffolk County, Long Island in October 2015. Available only at Empire City Casino, the life-changing jackpot can be hit on one of only two machines, playing a $20 wager on the $10 denomination machine. Winning the jackpot would break the record for the highest-ever jackpot at any of New York State’s regulated casinos.