Slot machine pays out $9M jackpot

Published Monday March 24th, 2008

TORONTO - A Woodbridge, Ont. woman got a $9-million nest egg this Easter.

Anna Falco, 53, hit the jackpot at Casino Rama just before midnight Saturday, setting a record for the largest slot payout in Canadian history at exactly $8,920,622.89.

The Woodbridge housewife, who has been going to the Orillia-area casino with her husband Franco for about 10 years, had been playing the Megabucks slot machine for an hour, spending about $200, when the bells and whistles started to ring.

Falco told casino officials her daughters initially didn't believe her when she called to share the good news.

The previous Canadian record slot win was in October 2004 when a Toronto tax accountant won nearly $5.8 million after spending $60 on a Megabucks progressive slot machine in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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