(Choctaw, MS) – Cynthia Dickerson won $506,962 when she hit the dollar Wheel of Fortune ® progressive MegaJackpot™ at the Silver Star Hotel and Casino at Pearl River Resort on Wednesday, June 23rd.

The winner, a retiree from Sallis, Mississippi, was the second MegaJackpot™ winner at the Silver Star on Wednesday. Just hours earlier, an Alabama woman won $360,150 on a Wheel of Fortune ® quarters progressive. To make the win even more incredible, Dickerson had just entered the casino. “I [was] only at the casino ten minutes. [We] walked in, sat down and the machine hit” she said. Dickerson went on to say that although she is still in a bit of a “daze,” she is considering using some of her winnings to Travel to Alaska on a cruise, and to visit Hawaii. She added, however, that she doesn’t think her win will change her life drastically. “I’ve always been level headed” she said.

The first winner of the day, Maxine Ryan, won $360,150 when she hit the Wheel of Fortune® quarters MegaJackpot™ at Silver Star early Wednesday, June 23rd. The winner, a retiree from Oneonta, Alabama, said she “always plays Wheel of Fortune®” and “loves to see and hear the spin.” A regular visitor to the casino, Ryan said her friend “dreamed” that her husband won big. After investing only $50 into the winning machine, it was Mrs. Ryan that walked away with the MegaJackpot™. Ryan went on to say that she does not have any plans for her winnings as of yet but feels “wonderful, wonderful, wonderful” about her win.

The casino’s second MegaJackpot™ of the day brings the casino’s overall payout to $5.1 million in the last three years. Last year, the casino awarded six MegaJackpots™ bringing the Silver Star’s total payout for 2003 to $1.4 million. The Silver Star is one of two Mississippi casinos to carry IGT progressive games. The casino belongs to a nationwide Native American progressive gaming network that includes over 150 casinos in 15 states. Each time a player in any state, adds a coin to a connected machine, the progressive jackpot increases.

The one-dollar Wheel of Fortune® progressive system has a starting jackpot of $500,000, and features the famous spinning wheel from the popular television game show. In order to win the MegaJackpot™, a player bets three dollars while attempting to line up the Wheel of Fortune® reel symbols on the machine’s payline.

Wheel of Fortune® was developed by IGT (www.IGT.com), a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of microprocessor-based gaming and lottery products and software systems in all jurisdictions where gaming and lotteries are legal. Sodak Gaming Inc. is the leading distributor of IGT slot machines and progressive systems on tribal lands and manages sales and service to Indian Country from its headquarters in Rapid City, South Dakota. All IGT MegaJackpots™ top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots™ and Rapid Riches MegaJackpots™ awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification.

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PEARL RIVER RESORT’S GOLDEN MOON AWARDS ANOTHER FAMILY FEUD™ MEGAJACKPOT™

(Choctaw, MS – July 15, 2005) – Sue Ann Herrell won a $280,328 Family Feud™ quarters MegaJackpot™ Wednesday, July 14th at the Golden Moon Hotel and Casino at Pearl River Resort.
The winner, from Temple, Georgia, said she likes the casino and had a specific reason for her visit. “I came all the way from Georgia to play [the winning] machine because I saw someone won a jackpot on it” she said. In spite of the purpose for her visit, Herrell said she “had to be told” she won the top prize and even then replied “get out of here!” Immediate plans for her winnings include paying off bills and “sharing” with her children.
Wednesday’s jackpot is the fifth one to be awarded at Golden Moon Casino, which has now given away over $1.2 million in IGT MegaJackpot™ awards since August of last year. It is also the second jackpot on the Family Feud™ quarters progressive system in recent months. On April 17th, a $264,985 Family Feud™ quarters MegaJackpot™ was paid. A few weeks earlier, on March 4th, the casino awarded a $288,668 Wheel of Fortune® quarters MegaJackpot™. The casino is one of two tribal casinos in Mississippi that belongs to a nationwide Native American progressive gaming network that is made up of over 150 casinos in 15 states.
The Family Feud™ quarters game features the popular Double Diamond base game and is available in quarter and dollar linked progressives. Each time a coin is played in a linked machine, the jackpot accumulates until the top jackpot is hit. The quarters progressive is won when a player lines up three Family Feud™ symbols on a Feud™ payline with the three-quarter maximum bet wagered. The game features a Fast Money bonus where players are asked a famous Family Feud™ survey question and provided with two possible answers. A correct answer, and credits appear on the answer board. An incorrect answer, yields a nostalgic “strike.”
Family Feud™ was developed by IGT (www.IGT.com), a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of microprocessor-based gaming and lottery products and software systems in all jurisdictions where gaming and lotteries are legal. Sodak Gaming Inc. is the leading distributor of IGT slot machines and progressive systems on tribal lands and manages sales and service to Indian Country from its headquarters in Rapid City, South Dakota. All IGT MegaJackpotsÔ top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners JackpotsÔ and Rapid Riches MegaJackpotsÔ awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification.
© 2003 IGT. All rights reserved. “Wheel of Fortune” is a registered trademark of Califon Productions, Inc. “Wheel of Fortune” © 2001 Califon Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. “Elvis, Elvis Presley, and King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” are registered trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. © Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. “Jeopardy!” is a registered trademark of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. “Jeopardy! © 2001 Jeopardy Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved