Prince George woman wins $1.06M slot prize

Prince George's Brittany Hammell now has $1.06 million in her pocket. 

She's the latest winner of the Powerbucks progressive jackpot. She won the national jackpot on Aug. 20 while playing the Wheel of Fortune Hawaiian Getaway slot machine at the Treasure Cove Casino. 

"I didn't believe it at first," says Hammell in a news release. "I was just in shock at the time. To be honest, it still hasn't quite kicked in yet." 

Hammell is the second Prince George resident to win the Powerbucks progressive jackpot in just over a month, after another player playing a different machine at Treasure Cove won a record-breaking $2.1 million on July 13, the largest slot prize in B.C. history. 

“It feels good to win,” says Hammell, who adds that life won’t change much for her family. “I think our family will look into buying a house and helping to set up the future for our family.”

The odds of winning the Powerbucks jackpot on a $3 wager are approximately one in 25 million. Since every spin of a machine is random, the odds of winning the jackpot anywhere is the same with every spin.

This is the 12th Powerbucks progressive jackpot winner in Canada since the game launched in 2016.