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Woman hits $400K jackpot in downtown Las Vegas

Mary, of Catoosa, Oklahoma, poses with her jackpot. (Four Queens)

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By Alexis Ford / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 1, 2021 - 3:00 pm

An Oklahoma woman won nearly $400K on a downtown Las Vegas slot machine.

The Four Queens casino said in a tweet on Monday that Mary, from Catoosa, Oklahoma, was playing a Wheel of Fortune quarter machine when she hit a jackpot worth $388,327.05.

https://twitter.com/4QueensLV/status/1465365033467236364

The casino posted photos in another tweet on Monday of a video poker royal flush worth $6,281, a Dancing Drums slot jackpot worth $10,211.91 and another slot jackpot worth $15,267.43.

Contact Alexis Ford at aford@reviewjournal.com or follow her on Twitter at @alexisdford.

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