Nearly $12 Million Won on Megabucks at Aladdin

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - (PRESS RELEASE)  -- Just one month and one day since its last hit, the Megabucks(R) top jackpot of $11,909,745 was won at the Aladdin Resort & Casino early Sunday morning.

The lucky winner, who asked to remain anonymous, had seen the Megabucks (R) signs which read, "One pull can change your life" and said, "Now I know that it's true."

The jackpot, which hit around 2:30 a.m., comes on the heels of Elmer Sherwin's $21,147,947 Megabucks (R) win at the Cannery on September 15. Sherwin is the first person in the history of Megabucks (R) to win the top jackpot twice. He won his first Megabucks (R) prize of $4.6 million at the Mirage in 1989.

The latest Megabucks (R) jackpot at the Aladdin Resort & Casino marks the 65th time this prize has been won in the almost twenty years that Megabucks (R) has been in operation in Nevada. The progressive jackpot, which resets at $10 million, requires the maximum three-coin bet. Over 600 Megabucks(R) games can be found in Nevada casinos.

A recent addition to the MegaJackpots(R) family is Video Megabucks(R). With a current jackpot over $11.3 million, Video Megabucks(R) will set a world record for the largest penny jackpot of all time.

Megabucks (R) is one of 24 Nevada MegaJackpots (TM) systems operated by IGT (NYSE: IGT), a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of microprocessor-based gaming and video lottery products. All IGT MegaJackpots(TM) top awards are paid in annual installments upon verification, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots (TM) and Rapid Riches MegaJackpots (TM) awards, which are paid in their entirety upon verification.