'I didn't even know, I didn't know, I knew I hit something what is it what did I win?' said Crawford.

The two decided to play after all, and after losing several spins, Crawford, down to only $5, decided to wager the machines maximum bet.

'Who’s going to win 10 million on nickels?' said Crawford. So she said no, it's nickels,' said granddaughter Alicia weeks. 'As were walking by we saw that the progressive was $10 million, so I said let's stop and play this. The Megabucks are progressive slot machines interlinked throughout all twelve of Harrah’s casinos and each time a bet is placed the jackpot grows. The two were on their way to the Jeopardy slot machines, Crawford’s favorite, when the Megabucks nickel slots caught Weeks eye. It all happened on Tuesday night when Crawford and her granddaughter Alicia Weeks were making their monthly trip to the Harrah’s Hotel and Casino. 'Somebody from the casino came down and said you won 10 million dollars.you hear what he's saying!” said Crawford. The biggest slot jackpot in Atlantic City history and Galloway Township resident Josephine Crawford is the winner. On Tuesday, she brought her granddaughter with her to the casino and, after the win, said she wants to take her family to Italy with some of her newfound wealth, a Harrah's spokesman said.īIGGEST SLOT JACKPOT IN ATLANTIC CITY HISTORY The city's previous slot record also was at a Megabucks jackpot in August 1994 for $8,545,508, according to The Press' archives.Ĭrawford, a retired waitress, told Harrah's officials she started coming to the casino shortly after its opening in 1980. A spokeswoman for International Game Technology said the jackpot had been building for three years among the Megabucks slots machines, a series of electronically linked progressive machines, which offer a jackpot that increases incrementally with each bet. Josephine Crawford played a nickel slot machine for about 10 minutes and won $10,010,113.48, a casino spokesman said. By TIMOTHY PUKO Staff Writer, (609) 272-7275ĪTLANTIC CITY - A Galloway Township woman won more than $10 million, the largest jackpot in Atlantic City history, Tuesday night from a Harrah's slot machine.

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