After having accumulated for twenty years, the payout on the progressive jackpot is now $2.3 million. Gambling mathematicians know a better is no more (or less) likely to hit the jackpot now than they were on the first spin 20 years ago, but that was when the jackpot was half the size it is now. Many players look at the machine like 23 year old Justin Paulus of Chandler, Arizona, who told the Wall Street Journal, “ I just have this feeling it’s going to hit soon.” The Lion’s Share has become an attraction at the MGM Grand casino on the Las Vegas Strip, but perhaps for the wrong reason. While many players seek out the outdated 3-reel slot machine for a chance to win a jackpot they consider to be “due”, some in the industry doubt whether the machine is playing fairly at all. Lion’s Share slot machine, which hasn’t paid a jackpot in twenty years, has become a legend-of-sorts in Las Vegas these days.
MGM Grand Is the 2nd Largest Casino on the Strip
