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Excalibur Las Vegas crowns $5.4 million jackpot winner 👑

16 Jan 2020

Lauren Williams 16 Jan 2020

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Las Vegas gambler wins $5,482,229 on Wheel of Fortune slots at Excalibur Hotel.

A Las Vegas gambler has won $5,482,229 at the Excalibur Hotel on January 15th. The unknown guest was playing IGT's Wheel of Fortune Jackpot slots when they struck the winning spin.

Shortly after, Excalibur Las Vegas tweeted the news on their social media page - here's the full tweet:

Included with the tweet was a picture of the machine and the winning jackpot amount. Comments confirmed that the prize was won on a $5 bet.

Congratulations to the lucky winner - who must be feeling like a king!

Wheel of Fortune Jackpot Winners

IGT's Wheel of Fortune slot continues to be popular with the Vegas gambling crowd. This series of games features a grand prize wheel that can award free spins, instant wins and jackpot prizes.

During bonus features, you can even win multipliers for more impressive prizes. Wheel of Fortune slots comes in many different cabinet sizes and game styles.

The slots also comes with free spins for matching combinations of scatter symbols. In some versions of the machine, you can trigger more prize pointers, making it more likely to land a jackpot win.

Here are some of the latest winner stories from Nevada:

Caesars Palace paid out $1,150,709 on a $5 bet in December 2019
A travelling slots player won $300k at a Vegas Airport
Yet another Vegas gambler won from a $5 spin - this time $2.2 million

In 2020, there have already been three jackpot wins on Wheel of Fortune - according to #IGTJackpots.

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