Dad And Daughter Hit Jackpots On Same Day

Dad and daughter hit jackpots on same day

 

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.

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