A Hot Shot at Empire City Casino: 'Maluisa' Hits $199,916 Jackpot

The Hot Shots Progressive slot machine was the hot spot at Empire City Casino on Wednesday (August 24) when a woman identified as ?Maluisa? hit a jackpot worth$119,916 at 6:31 pm. The player made a $3 wager on the penny-denomination slot machine located in the Victorian Room to hit the eighth six-figure jackpot of the year. The month of August has been a great one for Empire City players. "Tommy" from Yorktown Heights hit a $320,000 jackpot on the afternoon of August 11, the second biggest jackpot of the year made‎ a $200 wager on the $100 denomination 3x4x5 Double Diamond slot machine at 12:45 pm. The biggest jackpot thus far in 2016 was hit by Tracie B. on February 5, when she won $388,311.84 on the Blazing 7-s slot machine. It 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 11:00 am. 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. July started off with a bang when a slot-player from Mamaroneck hit a $139,808 jackpot on July 1. The woman identified as ?Nancy? made the six-figure score at 4:31 pm on the Bally Fireball slot in Empire City-s Victorian Room. She made a $2 wager on the penny-denomination machine. Three days earlier, 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. ?Salvatore,? a Long Island player, hit the year's third largest jackpot ? a $144,324 score ? on May 2on 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.