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Visitor hits $64K jackpot on penny slot machine

Carol Burnett was famous for her Tarzan yell at the start of her classic 1970s variety show.

A visitor from Pennsylvania might have performed the same scream Sunday at the STRAT.

Jacqueline Skibber hit the jackpot for $64,829.61 on the 1-cent Tarzan slot machine in the casino’s Link Slot Lounge, playing $2 on the victorious spin.

An anonymous winner hit Sunday at Park MGM on a Wheel of Fortune machine for more than $492,000.

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