Las Vegas Cabby Wins World Record Nickel Slot Jackpot Elvira Machine Pays $3.2 Million at Nugget

[Dante]

Give it up to the CABBY

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040118/nysu025_1.html

Sunday January 18, 10:21 pm ET

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saying that winning $3.2 million was made even better because he won it downtown, Las Vegas cab driver Robert Baker proudly showed off his oversized ceremonial check to tourists on Fremont Street Sunday evening after he hit the jackpot on an Elvira®, Mistress of the Dark(TM) Video Slots machine at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino.

The jackpot was the largest ever hit on a nickel slot machine and sets a new world record for the denomination. The Elvira® machine is on IGT's (NYSE: IGT - News) Spooky Slots(TM) progressive system which reset at $100,000. On progressive slot machines, the jackpot grows larger as the game is played.

"I play nickel progressives," Baker said, "they are my favorites and it really paid off today!"

But come Monday, he says he'll be behind the wheel of his taxi as usual. "I need to take some time to figure out what I'm going to do from this point and going about my life as usual seems like the best way to keep my feet on the ground," he said. Other than that, he says the only thing he knows for sure is that he'll fulfill a lifelong dream to buy a Lincoln Town Car.

 

[Fishhead]

WOW!

A chance I may know this guy.

Las Vegas cabbies, best cabbies in the world!

 

[newton0038]

How long do we figure to see the nickel slots up at that kinda jackpot again? Must take for ever for nickels to get to a million after a reset to $100,000 ,let alone get to 3+ million. No more cabbin' for me, just a whole lata

 

[SunDevil]

That's 64 MILLION NICKLES

 

[Fishhead]

I wish I could be down in the cab pit at the airport today listening to the talk.

Get in a little Liars Poker also.

 

[NICKYTHEFISH]

I worked in a race book where a lot of the cabbies would play.What a bunch of pricks I wanted to strangle every last one of them.And for people who work off tips these guys are stingy bastards.

 

[dimeplayersonly]

i like to hear stories like that...........there are some people who deserve a break like that.....sounds like he (cabbie) should be one of them...

 

[mvbski]

Nicky let me guess you worked at the Orleans ?

 

[American]

I make the over/under how long he stays on the job at 1.5 shifts.

 

[soccerbob]

The overwhelming majority of Las Vegas cab drivers are pigs. I can't think of anyone less deserving to win a jackpot like that than a cab driver. They're a dirty, sloppy, no class group of slobs.

 

[LEYKIS101]

Soccerbob - You sound an awful lot like Railbird.

 

[SteveMcGarrett]

Nicky and Soccer, you cant judge all Vegas cab drivers because 99.9% of them act that way! You ever see the episode of COPS where Metro undercover would leave a Billfold with like $200 Bucks in the Cab? Not one drver turned the Money in! LOL

 

[NICKYTHEFISH]

MV you are correct sir

 

[mvbski]

I dealt with them to I ran the book down the street from the orleans and they are as tight as they come

 

[NICKYTHEFISH]

Very tight and also very rude.Were u at WWW?

 

[mvbski]

yes I was there twice and then transfer'd to the fiesta in henderson,my favorite horseplayer of all time played at the orleans "skippy" did you know him he was a big player ?

 

[NICKYTHEFISH]

I don't remember a Skippy.There are quite a few big players in there day in day out that was a busy ass racebook.

How long ago did you move out of Vegas?

 

[mvbski]

I left a little over 2 years ago I put in almost twenty years in the R&S buisness

 

[EddfyMush]

Hey I know a Vegas Skippy..he wasnt short, fat and bald was he?

 

[mvbski]

yeap thats skippy