million by Tom Maryschak, BCLC acting director of operations and Michael Worth, the general manager at Elements Casino. 1), she was presented with a cheque for $1.1. I kept thinking, ‘Really? Is this happening to me?”Īraki hit the jackpot just after midnight Aug. “I looked up and saw it had hit the jackpot,” said Araki, who lives in Surrey. At first, she thought she had won $100 – and she was excited about that.īut the numbers on the screen kept climbing. She sat down at a Powerbucks progressive slot machine, pushed a button and the screen above her started flashing.

The odds of winning the Powerbucks jackpot on a $3 wager are approximately 1 in 25 million, the BCLC said.Shelley Araki was on her way out of Elements Casino for the night when she decided to try her luck one last time. Lottery Corporation, the game is one of four Powerbucks slot machines at the casino and offers players 'the chance to trigger bonuses and win cash or even the progressive jackpot, which starts at $1 million and grows as players place bets.' It's life changing,' she said.Īs for what she plans to do with the winnings, Araki said she hopes to spend more time with family and help contribute to a bright future for her grandchildren.Īccording to the B.C. 'I've worked hard my whole life and now I don't have to worry,' she said.Īraki said years ago she had a dream that she was the lucky winner of a lottery and now it's become a reality. That stroke of luck landed her $1.1 million dollars and with retirement just two years away, it couldn't have come at a more opportune time. I kept thinking, 'Really? Is this happening to me?'' 'I looked up and saw it had hit the jackpot,' Araki said in a news release. 20, when the winning spin happened on a Powerbucks slot machine.Īt first, she thought she had won $100, but the numbers kept climbing. When Shelley Araki decided to play her last few spins on a slot machine one Saturday night, she didn't expect to leave the casino a millionaire.īut that's exactly what happened, in what she calls 'a dream come true.'Īraki was getting ready to end her night at Elements Casino in Surrey on Aug.

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