$6 and 5 minutes at slot machine lead gambler to big prize in CA. ‘What luck!'
The gambler was betting on a KONG Skull Island slot machine, 'a 3 x 3 reel array game,' at Pechanga Resort Casino, the Temecula casino said in a July 9 Facebook post.
'In just 5 minutes,' the man hit a jackpot of $675,069.55 on a $6 bet, the casino said.
Users on Facebook were quick to congratulate the winner.
'No way,' one Facebook user commented. 'What luck!'
'Oh my gosh, I'd faint,' another user wrote.
Pechanga Resort Casino, about a 90-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles, 'is one of the largest casino resorts' in the country, according to the resort's website. The casino features more than 200,000 square feet of gaming space, which includes slots machines, video poker machines and table games.
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