The drafting of LCI with AFP –
Here is one which is having a very good start to the year. A forty-something won more than 200,000 euros on New Year’s Day by playing at the casino of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) after having bet 80 cents in a slot machine, said Sunday the director of the establishment at AFP.
“He is a person new to gambling and slot machines, who was on vacation and accompanying his mother. It won 209,715.20 euros, it is the second biggest jackpot of the establishment since the opening of the slot machines 30 years ago “, explained the director of the Casino Barrière François-Stéphane Vergne.
After a bet of 80 euro cents on Saturday around 5 p.m., the machine, which takes the form of a large screen, doubled the winnings, paying bonuses, before reaching the final six-figure sum.
“Often people don’t realize what is happening to them. She was a little surprised, we isolated her and offered her a small glass of champagne “, Mr Vergne added. In 2011, in the same establishment, already, a player had won the sum of 425,000 euros after having bet … 60 cents.