Rony Beal thought her prayers had been answered when she hit the jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine in Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino.
“I was hoping for $1,000, saying, ‘Please God, let me win,’” the 72-year-old told 6abc Action News.
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Never in a million years did she expect the machine to scream “jackpot,” with one fortuitous spin netting her a life-altering windfall of $2,555,910.
Sadly, Beal’s ecstasy was short-lived.
Bally’s security staff swarmed over to the crowd celebrating with the Shamong, NJ, resident and after a brief look at the winning machine, they informed Beal it had suffered a malfunction…
