£196,000 Online Slots Jackpot Goes to Resident of South Ockendon, Essex
According to a recent report, Rita Driscoll, a retired post office employee, hit an amazing jackpot of £196,000 ($358, 000) while playing a virtual slot machine at the coral.co.uk online casino. Mrs. Driscoll landed the grand prize after placing a 40 pence wager via her computer.
Rita, a resident of South Ockendon in Essex, started playing at the online slots casino about a year and a half ago. Last Thursday night, she logged on to coral.co.uk. Within the next ten minutes, she was the lucky winner of the jackpot.
Simon Clare, Coral spokesman, said that the sum represents the biggest payout ever awarded by Coral for a bet placed over the Internet. When asked of her plans following the slots jackpot, Mrs Driscall, 64 years of age, said that her family is going to go on vacation to celebrate, and that she is going to take care of her entire family with the slots winnings.