MAMARONECK WOMAN STARTS JULY FIREWORKS EARLY AT EMPIRE CITY CASINO WITH $139,808 JACKPOT

Yonkers, NY?July started off with a bang at Empire City Casino when a slot-player from Mamaroneck hit a $139,808 jackpot on Friday (July 1). The woman identified as ?Nancy? made the six-figure score at 4:31 pm in the afternoon on the Bally Fireball slot in Empire City-s Victorian Room. She made a $2 wager on the penny-denomination machine. It was the second six-figure jackpot in three days at Empire City, and the sixth in 2016. A Connecticut player identified as ?Vincent? hit a jackpot worth $100,020 on June 28 in the Gotham Palace on the Bally/Double Jackpot Wild slot. Vinny made a $5 wager on the $1 denomination machine. ?Lucy? from the Bronx hit the jackpot for $129,107 on June 8 on the Bally/Hot Shot Progressive machine. Empire City is one of the largest entertainment destinations in the northeast located less than two miles north of New York City. Tracie B-s $388,311.84 score on February 5 was the biggest hit of the year, registered on the Blazing 7-s slot machine. That was the largest jackpot since the all-time Empire City record of $1,473,503 was brought home by Suffolk County resident Howard G. on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 11:00am. That jaw-dropping score was won on the popular IGT Wheel of FortuneŽ Triple StarsŽ slot machine, located just a few hundred feet from the casino-s valet entrance. ?Salvatore,? a Long Island player, hit the year's second largest jackpot ? a $144,324 score ? on May 2 on the Bally/Hot Shot Progressive machine at Empire City Casino. On February 18, a player identified as ?Pavel? had the hot hand, scoring for $105,778 on the Bally 777 Wild Jackpot Quick Hit slot machine. Jackpot Record History: Howard G-s record jackpot exceeded the previously held record by nearly one million dollars, hit by Manuel Esteche of Port Chester hit for $571,000 in February 2015. Esteche-s haul broke the previous record jackpot of $509,000 won in November 2014 by Moosue Stefern of Bergenfield, New Jersey.