Slot Player Hits $332,654 Jackpot at Empire City Casino

A resident of Union, New Jersey, hit the second biggest jackpot of the year at Empire City Casino when ?Santa? scored for $332,654 in the early morning hours on Sunday (September 11th). At 4:18 am, the player made a $6 wager on the $1-denomination Wheel of Fortune slot machine located in the Victorian Room to hit the ninth six-figure jackpot of the year, and the third for upwards of $300,000. The largest jackpot thus far in 2016 was hit by ?Tracie B.? on February 5th, when she won $388,311 on the Blazing 7-s slot machine. Tracie-s score 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. September picked up right where August left off at Empire City. On August 24th ?Maluisa? hit a jackpot worth$119,916 at 6:31 pm on the Hot Shots Progressive slot machine with a $3 wager on the penny-denomination slot machine, also in the Victorian Room. ?Tommy? from Yorktown Heights, New York, hit a $320,000 jackpot on August 11th with a $200 wager on the $100 denomination 3x4x5 Double Diamond slot machine at 12:45 pm. July started off with a bang when a slot-player from Mamaroneck hit a $139,808 jackpot on July 1st. 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 28th in the Gotham Palace on the Bally/Double Jackpot Wild slot. Vinny made a $5 wager on the $1 denomination machine. Back to back jackpots were hit on the Bally/Hot Shot Progressive machine when ?Lucy? from the Bronx scored for for $129,107 on June 8th and ?Salvatore,? a Long Island player, hit for$144,324 score on May 2nd. On February 18th 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.