Visitor From Hawaii Hits Jackpot At Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino

Bally Technologies, a leader in slots, video machines and casino management systems for the global gaming industry, announced today that its QuarterMillion$ wide-area progressive slot link hit for $382,655.64 on Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas. Scott Cole of Honolulu, Hawai’i, won the exciting super-progressive jackpot on a QuarterMillion$ In The Money™ slot at the historic Golden Nugget Hotel/Casino on Fremont Street. Cole invested only $20 into the winning machine and was down to his last 10 credits when he lined up the winning symbols for the super progressive jackpot. He plans to pay off his home mortgage and set money aside for his children’s college education.

"I will be returning to Las Vegas soon to try my luck on another QuarterMillion$ machine,” he quipped. This marks the 61st QuarterMillion$ jackpot since the progressive slot link’s inception, pushing the overall amount paid out nationally to $18,727,767.67. Resetting at an impressive $250,000, the exciting QuarterMillion$ progressive link offers one of the highest minimum progressive jackpots ever for a three-quarter, instant-pay slot. The name “QuarterMillion$” also refers to the game’s 25-cent wager and the chance to win the lucrative super progressive prize for just 75 cents a spin.

The national deployment of slot titles on the QuarterMillion$ link includes Lucky Wheel™, Tower of Power™, In The Money™ and QuarterMillion$ Frenzy™. A number of new QuarterMillion$ games in a variety of denominations and styles are currently in development. In addition to Nevada, QuarterMillion$ slots are available for play at casinos in New Jersey, Louisiana and Mississippi, and at selected Native American casinos stretching from New York and Connecticut to California.