Roger Jaczynski, of Byron, dropped just a couple of bucks into a video lottery game at Batavia Downs on Sunday. Within seconds, he was $308,000 richer.
His winnings mark the largest progressive jackpot hit ever at an in-house video gaming machine in New York.
"We are very excited to have a jackpot of this magnitude and that we can award it to one of our valued patrons," said Marty Biniasz, director of marketing, Batavia Downs Casino.
The previous record was $197,938 awarded in 2008 to a patron of Empire City Casino at Yonkers.
A progressive game starts out with a prize of $10,000 and builds as more and more players participate without hitting the jackpot.
WBTA has interviewed Jaczynski and will air his comments on its 12:30 p.m. newscast.
I'm pretty sure I'm his long
I'm pretty sure I'm his long lost cousin twice removed. I wonder if he remembers me?
J/K ~ congrats to him! Lucky day, indeed.
Yeah,it was a nice chunk of
Yeah,it was a nice chunk of change,too bad the gov't took a third of it.Nice to see a local person win it.One of the workers said they overheard him saying he was going to buy a new tow truck!
That's what he told WBTA. I
That's what he told WBTA. I need to put the audio up.