3 Months Later, Woman Getting $330,000 Jackpot
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PHOENIX — Three months after the slot machine she fed $100 worth of quarters locked on a row of cherries, a retired farm worker is getting her $330,000 jackpot.
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, on an Indian reservation just south of Phoenix, had voided the prize because of what it said was a computer glitch in the machine.
Herminia Rodriquez, 64, took her case to the media last week, and she said that helped push Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. to pay up.
Rodriquez said the money will help send her 10 grandchildren to college and ensure that a 22-year-old granddaughter who has kidney problems receives dialysis.
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