It was a selfie she thought was worth nearly $43 million. Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine in late August at Resorts Worl...
It was a selfie she thought was worth nearly $43 million.
Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine in late August at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.
She even took an excited self-portrait with the machine displaying her winnings: $42,949,672.
It would have been the largest slot machine jackpot in US history.
“I can’t even describe the feeling. It’s like my whole body just got numb,” Bookman told CNN affilate WABC.
But when she came back the next day to find out the exact size of her jackpot, a casino employee crushed her excitement.
“I said, ‘So what did I win? He said, ‘You didn’t win nothing,'” she told WABC.
The New York State Gaming Commission said that Bookman’s machine had malfunctioned.
The machine, like all the ones in the casino, has a disclaimer stating, “Malfunctions void all pays and plays.”
Instead, the casino offered Bookman a complimentary steak dinner.
“All I could think about was my family,” Bookman told WABC, her voice breaking. She grew up in foster care and raised 4 children as a single mother.
