The screen showed that Veronica had won $8.5 million! Was she seeing things? Without taking her eyes off the screen, she reached out to her mother, who was busy playing the other game, and shook her shoulder. She just stared at what appeared on the screen, her mouth wide open. She put her last coin into the Jurassic Riches machine before they were due to get dinner. Even though she hadn’t won anything, that wasn’t really what the trip was about – it was about spending time together as a family. Veronica – who worked long hours as a loan officer – pumped $100 into the machine. If only she’d known the drama this little game would cause. Veronica picked a machine with a free one next to it and sat down, while her mother pulled up alongside her. Plus, she could sit with her mother and have fun just the two of them. Veronica didn’t feel comfortable at the tables, she preferred to keep it simple and play the slots. But when her mother suggested a trip to Washington, a visit to Rochester’s Lucky Eagle Casino eventually found its way onto their itinerary.īut when the Portland, Oregon mother-daughter team arrived at the gaming venue, they never dreamed they’d get so lucky so fast.

Veronica Castillo wasn’t a big gambler she never had that kind of money to lose. But the casino snatched her dreams from her with no reasonable explanation. She composed herself and went directly to collect her winnings.

Woman wins 8.5 million on slot machine