Jackpot: New Jersey woman wins $2.4M at Atlantic City casino

A woman won more than $2.4 million Saturday at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City.

By Bob D'Angelo

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — What are the odds of winning $2.4 million at a casino slot machine? For a New Jersey woman, the odds were excellent at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City.

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The woman from Hawthorne, who declined to give her name, bet $10 Saturday and won $2,481,940.75 on the Wheel of Fortune Double Sapphire Gold Spin game on her first attempt, The Press of Atlantic City reported.

The $10 bet was the maximum allowed on a slot machine for the Labor Day holiday weekend, WXTF reported. The woman made the winning pull at approximately 3 p.m., the casino said on its Twitter feed.