Edmonton’s CBC News<\/a> reports that Bennett, a sawmill worker, won the big payout at the River Cree Resort and Casino. She was playing a Diamond Millions progressive slot machine when the life-changing prize flashed across the screen.<\/p>\n“I thought, ‘No, no way!’ I’m looking at the zeros, and I looked at the guy next to me. And he’s like, ‘Yes, you won $1 million!’ Bennett recalled. “And I still didn’t believe it.”<\/p>\n
Bennett’s immediate celebration included champagne and a 30-ounce steak dinner. But don’t expect her to be splurging much more because she’s going to take her time with the rest of the winnings.<\/p>\n
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She wants to pay off her mortgage and plan a family vacation with her husband, Dave, and their two sons.<\/p>\n
She said “My husband wants to see Rome and Cuba.”<\/p>\n
Sylvia Bennett is the 14th Alberta resident to win over $1 million playing Diamond Millions since 2012. She is also the third person worldwide to win a slots jackpot worth $1 million or more within the last last month.<\/p>\n
In late February, a man going by “Dustin B.” hit a $1 million jackpot at Louisiana’s Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel. Dustin was prepared to go fishing that day, but his wife convinced him to go to the casino instead.<\/p>\n
A week prior to this, a Scottish schoolteacher won a $3.5 million online slots jackpot on Valentine’s Day. She was shocked at the windfall saying that she never expected to win more than a “couple quid (dollars).”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Sylvia Bennett was pondering whether to go with her friends and husband to Las Vegas or stay in Alberta, Canada. She chose to take a ‘staycation’ in Alberta and is now celebrating a $1 million slots jackpot as a result.<\/p>\n