$630,000 win at Island Resort
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HARRIS -- Late Thursday afternoon at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris, one individual on the gaming floor -- Deanna Juday from Wautoma, Wis. -- struck the platinum jackpot on the Whitney Houston Slots machine from International Game Technology (IGT), winning a whopping $630,084.36.
Player Services Manager Robin Bourdeau from the Island relayed that Juday had placed a $3 bet in a penny denomination.
"We are very excited for Deanna," said Bourdeau. "This is a life-changing jackpot, and we are excited to be a part of it."
The Whitney machine is a fairly new addition to IGT's Wide Area Progressive line and only arrived at the Island in June.
According to Action Network, a source for betting analytics, the chance of winning the jackpot on a Wide Area Progressive -- which includes a network of machines across multiple casinos -- is extremely low, around one in 100 million.