Marcelo Loyola was playing at Casino Woodbine in Toronto recently and hit a bittersweet jackpot, or sorts. You see, the big win came on his girlfriends favorite machine. But she passed away unexpectedly last month.
Loyola is a table game player by choice. But on that fateful day he felt a pull… a calling to go play his girlfriends slot machine. And he did not just play it. He played the way his lost love would have. “Rather than waiting for the wheels to stop naturally…” he explained, “…she would press the button to stop the machine mid-spin.”
So, that’s what he did. And that’s when his life changed to the tune of $3.2 million! “I stopped it and it hit!” he told reporters. “I saw ‘Jackpot, Jackpot, Jackpot’ and I started screaming!” And while the money is great and he was happy to win, nothing will bring back the love of his girlfriend. “That day I just felt her spirit in me, so I went upstairs to play the slots.”
Meanwhile in Las Vegas, Treasure Island paid out six jackpots in the month of April. A player from New Jersey won over $20,000 on the Mask Grand Progressive, while an Arizona player took home a not so bittersweet jackpot of $10,000 after hitting big on the Black Diamond machine. Then, a woman from Colorado won more than $14,500 on the Bonus Dragon Link game, while another from California hit $10,000 on the Gold Standard Jackpot machine!
And lets not forget about the winners at Foxwoods Casino, where the Double Top Dollar machine was on fire in April! That game paid out a total of $300,000 to four lucky players who jackpots worth $58,000, $70,000, $72,000, and $100,000! There were also big wins of $72,000 on Red Hottie, $72,000 on Double Diamond Deluxe, and over $120,600 on the player favorite Lightning Link!
