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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Winning large astatine the casino, that's astir players' dream, and that imagination became a world for 1 Tulare County pistillate astatine Eagle Mountain Casino successful Porterville connected Sunday night.
"At archetypal she was shocked, I don't deliberation she knew she won, and erstwhile I told her, she conscionable stared, a blank stare," says Slot Machine manager, Deborah Villa.
She had the accidental to talk to the fortunate winner, who deed a $3.1 cardinal jackpot connected the Megabucks machine, which is connected to different casinos astir California.
"Her communicative was precise emotional," mentions Deborah. "I deliberation privately she does person her ain situations going on, but different than that, I deliberation yesterday made her happy."
We spoke with the woman's family, but for information reasons, we are keeping their identities private.
They telephone the triumph an unexpected blessing.
Especially due to the fact that this was her archetypal clip astatine this casino.
Family shares the young pistillate was connected her mode to the store erstwhile she took a detour, and came present to the Eagle Mountain Casino successful Porterville.
She was hoping to people immoderate other currency to beryllium capable to spend much things astatine the store, small did she know, she would locomotion retired a multi-millionaire.
They picture her arsenic a backstage and selfless idiosyncratic with plans to physique generational wealth.
"To triumph this magnitude of wealth astatine specified a young age, and to conscionable cognize you're from the Valley, you didn't person to spell to Vegas to triumph big, you tin beryllium close present astatine Eagle Mountain Casino. I'm definite this is genuinely life-changing, not conscionable for her but besides for her family," says Suzi Gonzalez, selling manager astatine Eagle Mountain Casino.
Family says the caller millionaire headed to work, similar usual, connected Monday morning.
The funds, they say, volition assistance her proceed pursuing her idiosyncratic and nonrecreational goals.
Eagle Mountain Casino invites locals to travel retired and trial their luck arsenic they observe their 29th day with giveaways and currency prizes connected June 30th.
Eagle Mountain says this triumph marks the biggest successful the Central Valley truthful acold this year, and the biggest triumph ever astatine the casino's caller location.
In the meantime, the household of the victor is asking for privateness astatine this time.
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