ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) -- Jennifer Lopez's mother won a $2.4 million jackpot while playing $1 slots in Atlantic City on Saturday night.
Guadalupe Lopez, 58, of New York, was playing a Wheel of Fortune-themed slot machine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa when she hit for $2,421,291.76 just before 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the casino.
Casino spokesman Michael Facenda denied knowing of any relationship between the jackpot winner and pop celebrity Jennifer Lopez. But Us Weekly and People magazine report in upcoming issues that Guadalupe Lopez is Jennifer's Lopez's mother.
Jennifer Lopez's publicist, Rob Shuter, declined comment Monday night.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/people.lopezs.mom.ap/index.html
Guadalupe Lopez, 58, of New York, was playing a Wheel of Fortune-themed slot machine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa when she hit for $2,421,291.76 just before 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the casino.
Casino spokesman Michael Facenda denied knowing of any relationship between the jackpot winner and pop celebrity Jennifer Lopez. But Us Weekly and People magazine report in upcoming issues that Guadalupe Lopez is Jennifer's Lopez's mother.
Jennifer Lopez's publicist, Rob Shuter, declined comment Monday night.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/people.lopezs.mom.ap/index.html