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The Mesa couple won 5.7 million playing slot machines

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The Mesa couple won 5.7 million playing slot machines (Alberta Times) A real get-rich-quick story - two people went to the casino to try their luck and throw quarters...

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Mesa and his wife won $5.7 million by playing the slot machine (Alberta Times) A ​​real story of getting rich - two people went to the casino to try their luck, threw quarters and bit the slot machine. One of them missed, dozens of hundreds missed, but the last one won, and still won the grand prize, 5.7 million. Kimberly and Gerald Phillip of Mesa have been living a tight life in the past. They squeezed into a one-room apartment with their 11-year-old son. They had to take the bus to work. To pay for tax filing fees, Gerald went to the Casino Arizona to try his luck playing the Lucky Wheel, and finally won a $5.7 million jackpot. After winning the award, the family's life has not changed much. Apart from buying a lizard for his son as a pet, Gerald bought a truck for transportation, and Kimberly went shopping at second-hand stores as usual. They said they had to keep working.

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