Ethan Miller
Cynthia Jay holds up an oversized check at the Desert Inn Thursday, January 27, 2000. Jay won a record Megabucks jackpot for $34,959,458.56 on Wednesday at the hotel-casino. It is the world's largest jackpot ever hit on a slot machine. Jay invested $27 before hitting the jackpot on her last spin.
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