Empire City Casino Sees Pavel Hit $100,000 Jackpot

The air may be cold, but the slots are hot in February at Empire City Casino. On the heels of the near $400,000 jackpot score by “Tracie B.” earlier in the month, a player identified as “Pavel” had the hot hand on February 18th, hitting for $105,778 on the Bally 777 Wild Jackpot Quick Hit slot machine in the casino’s Gotham Palace at 6:40pm.

Pavel made a $5 wager on the $1 denomination slot machine at Empire City, which is one of the largest entertainment destinations in the northeast located less than two miles north of New York City.

Tracie’s $388,311.84 score on February 5th was registered on the Blazing 7’s slot machine, and was the biggest jackpot of the year thus far. It was the largest hit since the all-time Empire City record of $1,473,503 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 Fortune® Triple Stars® slot machine, located just a few hundred feet from the casino’s valet entrance.

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.