By Jose F. Moreno, AP
Josephine Crawford had never won more than $1,000 before she hit the $10 million jackpot Tuesday at Harrah's. The prize is a record in Atlantic City.
Posted on 04/20/2006 9:20:20 AM PDT by freepatriot32
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (April 19) - For 84-year-old Josephine Crawford, the golden years just got a lot more golden. After a night playing the slot machines, the retired waitress widow was about to call it quits Tuesday when she hit a $10 million jackpot - the biggest in the history of casino gambling in Atlantic City.
Crawford, who gambles here twice a week and has been going to the casinos since the first one opened in 1978, had never won more than $1,000 before she came into the big money at the nickel slots at Harrah's Atlantic City.
The widow from Galloway Township lives with her daughter, drives a 2006 Honda Civic and has no plans to buy a new car or a new house. But she always wanted to see Italy, where her parents grew up, and wants to share the wealth with her two daughters, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
"Somehow, I'll spend it. I'll spend it at the casino, and I might go to Vegas," she said.
The jackpot was won on a progressive slot machine linked to hundreds of others in Atlantic City's 12 casinos. The previous biggest Atlantic City jackpot was $8.5 million, won in 1994.
Crawford was playing alongside her 27-year-old granddaughter Alicia Weeks. After spending about $20 with no luck, Weeks suggested they move on. Crawford said no, she wanted to play $20 more. She was down to her last $5 in credits when she hit the jackpot.
It didn't take long for word of her luck to spread. Three men proposed to her, she said.
"Their wives were there, too!" Crawford said. "One of them told me, 'You can have him."
By Jose F. Moreno, AP
Josephine Crawford had never won more than $1,000 before she hit the $10 million jackpot Tuesday at Harrah's. The prize is a record in Atlantic City.
She better start spending fast!
Lemme at her!
She will now discover just how many long-lost relatives she has that are going to call her up 'just to see how she's doing...'
I wish her all the best, but her troubles are just beginning.
Scams, con men, unknown 'relatives', new 'friends', etc etc etc.
Grandma, is that you?????
That's funny.
The Federal, State and Local will get $5 million of the total. Then if she dies after the reset of the estate tax her family will net about $3 million after taxes.
Keyboard!!!
"I'll spend it at the casino." sheesh.
And playing the slots since 1978! I wonder if she'd put every one of those bucks into the S&P 500 along the way how much it would be worth today.
LOL
She wins and plans to spend it all back at the casino? TOTAL FRIGGIN IDIOT.
What a lack of imagination. I bet she'll change her mind soon.
I'll shag her for a few grand....
She's hot!
I'm in love, take me, take me!
Oh Dude!
I'm her dead cousin's dead neice's dead grandaughter's daughter. Which makes me her only living relative!
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