One pull can change your life. Twice.
Although I personally feel that playing progres¬sives is a waste of time (check out “Working the progressive slots” in this chapter), lightning can strike and make people rich overnight. And occasionally it may even strike a second time: On September 19, 2005, a Las Vegas resident became the first person ever to win a Megabucks Jackpot — twicel Elmer Sherwin won $21.1 million while playing at the Cannery Casino in North Las Vegas. But unlike everyone else, he already knew the thrill of winning big — he’d won a $4.6 million jackpot in 1989 at the Mirage Casino. At 92 years young, Sherwin’s bio should place him alone atop the slot player’s pantheon because the odds of winning the Megabucks a second time are pretty much incalculable.
