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Hutch has
big day
Former Point Roberts port director James Hutchins finally got
to retire, after winning $5.9 million on a slot machine in Reno,
Nevada.
“It was one of those things that’s just sheer luck,” 60-year-old
Hutchins said.
He and wife
Kathleen were on their way back from visiting family in California
and snow in the mountain passes almost made them skip the trip
to Reno, but they went. At the Fizgerald Casino in downtown
Reno Hutchins said he put $20 in a Wheel of Fortune slot machine
and after half an hour he was up fifty cents. Then it was $5.9
million and fifty cents. “There were no bells,
no whistles. It just said get an attendant but I didn’t
want to leave the machine,” Hutchins said. “I was
in shock.”
The progressive
Mega Jackpot win sent Hutchins home with 20 percent of his
winnings, the rest to come later, and he retired from his job
as a customs and border protection supervisor the day after
he got back. “It isn’t
going to change us all that much,” he said of their sudden
wealth. “It’s
for the kids, the grandkids. I’ll fish more I guess.”
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