Casino City’s Friday Five: Jackpots, openings, and the Kentucky Derby edition 1ine

10 May 2024

By Dan Ippolito

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Last weekend, the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby took place. While Mystik Dan took home the win, record betting amounts came flying in. Also this week, we saw news of the Moneymaker Poker Tour coming to Las Vegas, a massive slot win out of Michigan, a new sportsbook coming to Monmouth Park and a Toronto resort celebrating its grand opening.

Let’s begin with a six-figure hit:

5. Four Winds New Buffalo awards six-figure slot win
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s Four Winds Casinos announced that a guest from Schaumburg, Illinois won a $536,614.25 progressive jackpot on 28 April while playing a Dollar Storm Wild Ninja slot machine at Four Winds New Buffalo in Michigan.

The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, won while making a $5 bet.

A lucky guest won $536,689 in New Buffalo with a $5 bet!
Win date: April 28 pic.twitter.com/8zPKNFOK9Q
— Four Winds Casino (@FourWindsCasino) May 2, 2024

Dan Ippolito

As Casino City's associate editor, Dan produces and edits all of our weekly newsletters, and writes about the gaming industry for our websites and the GPWA Times Magazine. Dan graduated from Marist College in 2017 with a degree in Communications and a concentration in Sports. Email him at [email protected], or follow him at @casinocity_dan on Twitter.