Dad and daughter hit jackpots on same day
Published: March 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM
MARGATE, Fla., March 26 (UPI) -- A single Florida mother of two won more than $1 million at a casino on the same day her father won $7,000 from a lottery ticket, the woman told reporters.
Paulette Miles, 48, of Margate, Fla., was at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino betting on a "Cash Cow" nickel slot machine Saturday when she hit it big for $1,114,815 -- the highest amount ever won on a Florida slot machine -- the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday.
Miles, who earns her living as a nurse for a man with Parkinson's disease, said she'd lost $67 of the $100 she took to the casino and was trying to win back enough money to afford gas for a drive to Wellington, Fla., to spend time with her father the next day.
"Something must have been going on. My dad hit the lottery for $7,000 the same day," she said.
Miles said she would have been happy to win even $1,000 and that in the flurry of her win, she never ended up making the visit to her dad.
Paulette Miles, 48, of Margate, Fla., was at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino betting on a "Cash Cow" nickel slot machine Saturday when she hit it big for $1,114,815 -- the highest amount ever won on a Florida slot machine -- the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday.
Miles, who earns her living as a nurse for a man with Parkinson's disease, said she'd lost $67 of the $100 she took to the casino and was trying to win back enough money to afford gas for a drive to Wellington, Fla., to spend time with her father the next day.
"Something must have been going on. My dad hit the lottery for $7,000 the same day," she said.
Miles said she would have been happy to win even $1,000 and that in the flurry of her win, she never ended up making the visit to her dad.
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