of Ossining, NY who not only holds the record for winning the highest-ever jackpot at Empire City, or any of New York State’s regulated casinos, at $2,919,162.81, but scored a second jackpot of $1,469,368.28 just a few months after her original big win. of Thornwood, NY who took home a “nearly there” million-dollar jackpot of $961,411 and Theresa P. of Long Island, NY who won $1,473,503 Linda H. of Connecticut who hit a $1,514,634.15 jackpot Howard G. Rodriguez is the newest member of the Empire City Casino millionaire club. We congratulate Domingo, and hope he enjoys his winnings in the best of health.” “Each jackpot winning story is exciting but this one is certainly unique,” said Ed Domingo, senior vice president and CFO of Empire City Casino. “I don’t think we’ve ever had a guest hit a jackpot after playing at the suggestion of a stranger. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Rodriguez plans to spend his winnings buying his mother her dream home in their home country and will also help his family in the Bronx and abroad. When he looked around, the stranger he now calls his ‘Guardian Angel’ was nowhere to be found. In Spanish, the stranger told him to ‘play strong’ and so Rodriguez put $100 in the $10 denomination slot machine and played the max bet of $20.

An unknown passerby told Rodriguez to play and said that he would get lucky. While Rodriguez said he has played this Wheel of Fortune slot machine before, it was the suggestion of a stranger that prompted Rodriguez to try for the jackpot Friday.

It was on the fifth pull that he got the shock of his life, although no one would have noticed how shocked he was given his cool, calm and collected demeanor.

One local Bronx resident has a million reasons to smile as Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts (“Empire City”) announced its first, million-dollar jackpot winner since before the pandemic.īronx resident Domingo Rodriguez recently hit the $1,062,576 jackpot with a $20 bet this past Friday on the IGT Wheel of Fortune® Triple Stars® slot machine, one of nearly 4,700 top notch slot machines on the gaming floor. First, million-dollar jackpot hit since before the pandemic

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