Man wins S$1.66m at Resorts World

[Blackseal]

By Desmond Ng

 

SOME guys have all the luck, as singer Rod Stewart would say.

 

 

And one such lucky guy managed to overcome the house odds and walked away with a cool $1.66 million from Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).

 

The French tourist struck the mega jackpot in the casino last Saturday and won the highest amount since the casino opened in February.

 

We understand that he didn't want to have his pictures taken by an RWS staff for their records.

 

When The New Paper contacted RWS, they confirmed that the man had been playing the slot machines in the non-smoking area.

 

Playing alone

 

It is understood that he was playing alone atone of the poker slot machines.

 

He placed a $25 bet and ended up winning the Mega Millions Jackpot, which consists of a number of slot machines connected to a "megamillions jackpot".

 

The various slot machines offer different types of games but it does not matter which machine one plays.

 

The payout can roll up to $3 million, said RWS.

 

It also said that there was another winner who walked away with close to $440,000 after hitting a different jackpot on March 16.

 

This particular winner was playing Caribbean Stud Poker on the tables when he hit the jackpot prize.

 

Mr Tony Compton, 52, who lectures on casino management at the Boston Business School here, said that the chance of winning such a mega jackpot is literally one-in-a-million.

 

He said: "The chances of winning it (the jackpot) are very small and very random. The bigger the payout, the lesser the chances, which also makes it attractive.

 

"Everyone wants to put 50 cents to win $1 million."

 

Mr Compton used to work as a slot floor attendant in South Africa, where he monitored the operation of slot machines.

 

When asked if this jackpot win will put a dent on RWS' bankroll, Mr Compton said it's difficult to say because he doesn't know their revenue numbers.

 

He said: "But from a casino's point of view, it makes for good publicity because everyone will want to win that $1 million."

 

 

[macrosszero]

Letting someone win and publicizing it is always a good way of luring more punters hopeful of getting a million bucks out of $25.

[Beachboys]

if u read carefully, to be able to place $25 on one jackpot pull = high roller...

 

mabbe the $1.66m dosen't even matters much to him... another number added to his bank account

[Babyt]

im surprised they bother to report who and who win how much...so silly.

 

why dont strait time just report who won each 4D lottery every wed, sat and sun so that more ppl will buy 4D LOL

[Blackyv]

  On 4/25/2010 at 1:26 PM, Babyt said:

im surprised they bother to report who and who win how much...so silly.

 

why dont strait time just report who won each 4D lottery every wed, sat and sun so that more ppl will buy 4D LOL

 

 

exactly what i was thinking.... but more toward toto than 4d since every now and then, the winning is in mil form... all i can say , it's simply "free" ads for it.....

[Ah_roy81]

the $1.66m not going to stay in Singapore..how come all these big winners in local casinos/lottery etc.. always not Singaporeans? :angry:

[Redboy]

  On 4/25/2010 at 3:56 PM, Ah_roy81 said:

the $1.66m not going to stay in Singapore..how come all these big winners in local casinos/lottery etc.. always not Singaporeans? :angry:

 

because the casino levy is discouraging to Singaporeans.

So most of Singaporeans will rather go Genting to play.

 

This means, higher number of foreigners than Singaporeans in Sentosa casino, which also means higher probability of foreigner winning big.

 

 

[Lazydala]

SGD 100 levy demoralise locals

[Jeleburacer]

good advertisement.

[Tigerwoods]

The Casinos slot machines are all Programmed so everything is controlled.

If I operate casino, I will make sure to peg the winner to be a Foreigner and not Sporean.

Why :

1. Slot machine players are small timer - I mean those who play $1000~2000/trip. those playing $100 are crumbs on the floor...

2. From point 1, let a Sporean win and the news in local. When a Foreigner win, the news is International - ie pay out is same, I go for global.

3. Foreign money is what I want not local.

 

[1l0v3you]

what kind of crappy news is this?

why dont they publish how much the people lose instead.

 

1.66mil and it may affect their revenue?

so weak.

[Blackseal]

  On 4/26/2010 at 6:31 AM, 1l0v3you said:

what kind of crappy news is this?

why dont they publish how much the people lose instead.

 

1.66mil and it may affect their revenue?

so weak.

 

This crappy news is to tell you people even losers and suckers can make it big by playing with their one arm bandit or other games they provide

 

Lose ?

 

It's the gamblers that want to lose to the casinos.....they should publish their profit for the year.....more impressive !

 

Even if they lose 16.6 million to a punter.....still small potato to them...

 

Have you heard the idiom.....Haven't seen big snake S*H*I*T before ?

[Blackseal]

  On 4/25/2010 at 8:17 PM, Lazydala said:

SGD 100 levy demoralise locals

 

 

The good for nothing white shark is really greedy Need to be shot down by someone soon

[The_Bear]

  On 4/26/2010 at 7:18 AM, Blackseal said:

This crappy news is to tell you people even losers and suckers can make it big by playing with their one arm bandit or other games they provide

 

Lose ?

 

It's the gamblers that want to lose to the casinos.....they should publish their profit for the year.....more impressive !

 

Even if they lose 16.6 million to a punter.....still small potato to them...

 

Have you heard the idiom.....Haven't seen big snake S*H*I*T before ?

 

wat kind of poo poo does big snake maketh?

[Blackseal]

  On 4/26/2010 at 7:20 AM, Bavarian said:

wat kind of poo poo does big snake maketh?

 

Maybe should go to the zoo to check it out