{"id":235631,"date":"2026-05-18T18:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:25:08","slug":"lucky-guest-hits-jackpot-at-resorts-world-with-first-ever-1-million-prize-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235631\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky guest hits jackpot at Resorts World with first-ever $1 million prize \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photograph of the winning screen at Resorts World NYC. Photo via Resorts World. <\/p>\n

Resorts World NYC<\/a> has announced its first ever $1 million jackpot winner after a lucky New York City resident won big early on Thursday morning.\n<\/p>\n

The casino, which became the first full casino in New York City last month when it launched live table games, announced that a guest scooped a $1,009,357.41 grand prize while playing the\u202fAristocrat Million Dollar Dragon Link progressive slot machine, becoming the first player in the casino\u2019s history to top $1 million on a single slot machine.<\/p>\n

The winner, a New York City resident who works in Manhattan and wished to remain anonymous, hit the game\u2019s \u202fjackpot \u202fduring the machine\u2019s free spins bonus feature by filling the screen with all 15 coin-like symbols shortly after 1 a.m. on May 14.<\/p>\n

Robert DeSalvio, president of Genting Americas East, parent company of Resorts World NYC, described the win as \u201cmonumental.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a monumental moment not only for one incredibly lucky New Yorker, but for Resorts World New York City and the entire state,\u201d DeSalvio said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

He claimed the win also highlighted the \u201cpositive economic impact\u201d that casinos have on New York State by pointing to the windfall that the state is slated to receive from the $1 million payout.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen our guests win big, New York wins big,\u201d DeSalvio said.\n<\/p>\n

Resorts World officially opened 242 live table games at an April 28 ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/a>, marking the first time that table games have operated in the city. The company also opened a new floor featuring 2,507 commercial casino slots as part of Tuesday\u2019s ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n

Resorts World, which previously operated as a \u201cracino\u201d featuring slot machines but no live games, was one of three developments to receive a downstate gaming license from the state\u2019s Gaming Commission last December, alongside the Bally\u2019s development in the Bronx and fellow Queens site Metropolitan Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photograph of the winning screen at Resorts World NYC. Photo via Resorts World. Resorts World NYC has announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2026,92234,8985,9,24,63,122,124,123,5477,30688,92235],"class_list":["post-235631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-casino","tag-full-casino","tag-jackpot","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-resorts-world","tag-resorts-world-nyc","tag-robert-desalvio-resorts-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}