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84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
Widow, 84, Wins $10M at Atlantic City
By JOHN CURRAN
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - 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.''
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
That's great!
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| Posted 4/19/06 11:26 PM |
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megsmom
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
HEY I WAS JUST AT HARRAHS.. thats what I get for playing dollar slots
GOOD FOR HER
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| Posted 4/19/06 11:29 PM |
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Suezboss
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
If only we could all be so lucky!! 
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| Posted 4/20/06 12:54 AM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
That's awesome.
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jersee3380
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
sooo funny!!
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| Posted 4/20/06 10:38 AM |
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| Posted 4/20/06 11:39 AM |
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lorich
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Grammie says "Lora Gina"
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Re: 84 year old Widow wins jackpot -- check out the last line!!
She's a riot!
Can you imagine! She's too cute! God bless her!
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