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The World's Greatest Slot Cheat
Wed, 26 Aug 2009

The first slot machines were invented in the late 1890's and it probably wasn't very long after those machines appeared that somebody had the brilliant idea of trying to cheat them. Yes, times may change but, unfortunately, greed is here to stay and there will always be people looking for a fast way to make a buck with a slot machine. Here's the true story of one of those people who probably had the most ingenious method ever used.

On January 14, 1995 Reid Errol McNeal should have been one of the luckiest men on earth. That Saturday afternoon he went to the keno desk at Bally's Park Place Casino Resort in Atlantic City and bought $100 worth of keno tickets: 10 tickets at $10 each with eight numbers picked on each card.

Retired kindergarten teacher wins $2,421,291.76 playing slots

Just before 8pm one Saturday evening of 2004 in the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic city, a 58-year-old woman was playing a $1-per-pull Wheel of Fortune slot machine when she hit the jackpot. The event made her $2,421,291.76 richer.

The Puerto Rican-born woman had a fanciful explanation of her big win, which she gave to The Press of Atlantic City. "It was divine intervention. I have a great devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico and the Americas. I just looked up at the $2 million jackpot and said a little prayer and then I hit. Our Lady really looks out for me. This was my first time playing a $1 Wheel of Fortune machine; usually, I play quarters. When I won, my knees started shaking and I began to yell and scream."

The woman also said she planned to use $100,000 of her winnings to start a college fund for her two grandchildren. A certain irony attaches to this woman's having won a slots jackpot. Her daughter broke up with a famous boyfriend in part because she disapproved of his enthusiasm for gambling. That daughter's name is Jennifer Lopez.