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NJ Online Slots Player Wins $6.45M Progressive Jackpot In U.S. Record-Setting Prize NJ Online Slots Player Wins $6.45M Progressive Jackpot In U.S. Record-Setting Prize
NJ Online Slots Player Wins $6.45M Progressive Jackpot In U.S. Record-Setting Prize An online gambler from New Jersey won the largest jackpot in U.S. online casino history, officials said. A BetMGM Casino player won a $6,450,023 progressive jackpot, the gambling company said in a news release on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The winner won when placing a $200 bet while playing the slot machine game Fruit Blaster, which bases wins on matching symbols like oranges, cherries, lemons, and plums. The record-setting prize was part of "The Big One," which is BetMGM's pool from its exclusive in-house games. "BetMGM and one lucky player made iGaming history," said BetMGM CEO Adam …

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by Chris Spiker
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WINNER! Ticket Sold Online In NJ Wins $10K WINNER! Ticket Sold Online In NJ Wins $10K
Winner! Ticket Sold Online In NJ Wins $10K Someone in New Jersey had a nice end to the month of May. A ticket sold online in the Garden State matched four numbers plus the gold Megaball in the Mega Millions drawing held on Friday, May 31, winning $10,000.  The ticket was sold online via the Jackpocket app, listed in Hewitt in Passaic County. The winning numbers were 4, 11, 23, 33, 49 and the gold Megaball was 23.

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by Sam Barron
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COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos
Covid-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos Atlantic City casinos are among the latest victims of coronavirus. It's only the fifth time in the 42-year history of legalized gambling in Atlantic City that the casinos will be closed indefinitely due to a crisis. The city's nine casinos were ordered closed as of 8 p.m. Monday by Gov. Phil Murphy as part of vast restrictions on businesses to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Previously, Atlantic City casinos shut down: For five days during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, For three days as Hurricane Irene approached in 2011, For a state government shutdown in 2006 that closed the casinos for…

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by Jon Craig
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Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000
Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Before sports betting was legal in New Jersey, a Monmouth County man had his own action going -- and it's costing him now. John Dougherty, 55, of Keyport told a federal judge in Newark last month that he and an unidentified conspirator operated an online gambling ring for more than six years. Dougherty had his own group of bettors who, with his partner's knowledge and assistance, got access to a sport betting website with their own usernames and passwords, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The associate funded the winnings and split the proceeds from the lost bets with Dougherty, Carpeni…

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by Jon Craig