A couple certainly had luck on their side when they took on a pokie machine and hit the jackpot.Source:Herald Sun
The Lion’s Share jackpot has become the stuff of legend because the slot machine in question is the sole remaining machine of its kind at MGM Grand. Back in the ’90s, 50 custom Lion’s Share machines were rolled out.
A LUCKY couple won $2.4 million after striking it rich on a pokie machine that hadn’t paid out a jackpot in 20 years.
Walter and Linda Misco played the Lion’s Share machine for just five minutes on Friday when they struck it rich.
The Miscos, from Chester New Hampshire, managed to crack the jackpot on the MGM Grand Casino’s machine following years of attempts by other punters, The Los Angeles Times reported.
JACKPOT! Linda/Walter Misco of New Hampshire hit $2.4 mill on legendary @mgmlionsshare#vegas via John O'Donnell (r) pic.twitter.com/YcK9N0uflq
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The Lion’s Share pokie machine, the last of its kind on the casino floor, is so famous it even has its own Facebook and Twitter pages.
According to the Las Vegas casino, the Lion’s Share is the most popular machine on the floor.
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The win was unexpected and the couple admit it was all down to pure luck.
“I had seen a story about the machine online and my wife and I walked by the machine when we arrived,” Mr Misco, 66 said.
“She said, ‘You have to play this machine and win on this machine.’ So I was just following orders from the boss.”
Lucky winner hits $2.4 million jackpot on legendary “LION’S SHARE” slot machine. #Winningpic.twitter.com/jg0Ik81b4g
— MGM Grand Hotel (@MGMGrand) August 24, 2014MGM Grand has announced that Walter and Linda Misco who come from New Hampshire are the winners of the long-awaited Lion's Share payout. Plus the Misco’s may also get to keep the Lion's Share machine. The American couple played for just five minutes when they saw the three green emblems line up on the jackpot payline, and they found they had won the $2.4m (£1.45m) jackpot nm this anticipated slot machine. The Casino spokesperson said that they had waited 20 years for this! And it finally hit for $2.4 million. He Lion’s Share machine had attracted many punters for two decades because of this incredible jackpot which had accumulated over the 20 years. The Lion's Share has been the most popular slot of all of the 1,900 slot machines at MGM Grand, over the years it was played almost once every five seconds daily. Justin Andrews, spokesperson of MGM Grand said that the game got played about five time more than the average on other machines. He also mentioned that the staff of MGM Grand got asked about the machine multiple times each day where the game is, and from people who have never played on it before. The machine had its own reputation, even has a Twitter account, @mgmlionsshare, also its popularity was fuelled in a Wall Street Journal article earlier this year which highlighted its amazing bounty. According to the laws in Nevada, slot machines are required, by law, to pay out 75% of the money received. Now it has finally relinquished its magnificent jackpot, this last of the machines installed in the 1990’s - a $1-a-go – will be retired. MGM Grand is now considering whether they will let the Misco’s have the machine.