Stingy Slot Machine Finally Coughs Up a Cool $2.4m Jackpot after 20 Years

It’s the last of the 50 original slot machines at MGM Grand. It’s been coolly standing on the casino floor, being played about once every five seconds by people from all over the world, every single day for two decades.

No matter how many people crooned, caressed and pleaded with it, no coaxing was ever enough for it to give out any winnings—not until a couple from New Hampshire came along.

Walter and Linda Misco played with “The Lion’s Share” for just five minutes—on $100 with a maximum bet of $3—when the slot machine finally coughed up the jackpot: a cool $2.4 million!

It’s a rather famous slot machine. According to MGM Grand, it gets played five times more than other slots on average. There’s not one day that passes when their staff is not asked where the machine is placed.

It even has its own twitter account (@mgmlionsshare) and an article from Wall Street Journal further stressed on what player’s will soon get from this progressive slot machine that’s been stingy for 20 years. The only question is exactly when will it give the jackpot?

So when the Misco couple saw three green emblems horizontally line up on the jackpot pay line, they couldn’t believe their eyes. “It was surreal when it happened,” Walter Misco said.

Now that the famous Lion’s Share slot has given up its jackpot, it’s time for it to retire. And because it was the Miscos who’s walking away with the anticipated jackpot, MGM is considering letting them take the slot machine home with them.

Another Lucky Man Won $50,000 Jackpot at Eagle Mountain Casino

Eagle Mountain Casino has been giving away serious jackpot to lucky players lately. For this month alone, it has paid out over $100,000 jackpot in slots. And just recently, another lucky fellow took the pot of gold.

Richard, a player from Bakersfield, California won last July 19 a whopping $50,000. He didn’t play long to win it. In fact, Richard took to playing the 777 Double Jackpot slot machine early Sunday morning when he hit the jackpot.

That raised the July payout of Eagle Mountain, which is owned and operated by the Tule River Tribe, to more than $150,000.

It seems the slot machines there are on fire to give away jackpots—and you might be their next lucky winner. It doesn’t have to be 777 Double Jackpot slots like what Richard played. The casino has more than 1,200 slot machines you can choose from and each one could possibly be the next to one to give the jackpot.