Tropicana, Atlantic City
$1,105,757.10
Why spend hours grinding when all it takes is a $5 side bet to win big at poker-themed casino table games? Nagy’s royal flush in Four Card Poker marked the largest MEGA jackpot on a progressive poker game in the history of the Caesars Entertainment. The jackpot had been growing since August 2019 at all three of Caesars’ New Jersey properties , for players of Four Card Poker, Three Card Poker, Let It Ride, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Mississippi Stud Poker, and Texas Hold’em Poker table games. A longtime customer at the Tropicana, Nagy tipped the dealers $50,0000.
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Jersey Man Wins $1.1M on $5 Wager at Tropicana, Tips Dealers $50K
A Jersey guy had the weekend of his life this President s Day Weekend at Tropicana Casino and Resort Atlantic City.
Frank Nagy from Monmouth County got rich Saturday afternoon when he placed a $5 bet at Tropicana Casino and hit a $1.1 million MEGA jackpot on a progressive poker game.
The win marked the largest jackpot on a progressive poker game in the history of the casino’s parent company, Caesars Entertainment. The last time the jackpot was hit was in August 2019.
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“We are thrilled to celebrate this huge win with one of our longtime customers at Tropicana,” said Steve Callender, Regional President for Caesars Entertainment Atlantic City. “This weekend’s MEGA jackpot is the latest example of the power of Caesars Rewards and our portfolio of resorts in the market, offering guests more ways to earn and redeem rewards –
Monmouth County man turns $5 bet into $1 million
It’s every gambler’s dream to place small wager and hit it big at the casino. Well it happened, big time, to a Jersey guy. A man from Monmouth County, Frank Nagy, became an instant millionaire playing poker at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. He hit a progressive jackpot that had been growing since August of 2019.
To be eligible, according to the Press of Atlantic City, guests had to try their luck on a progressive game at Tropicana, Caesars Atlantic City or Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, which includes Four Card Poker, Let It Ride, Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Mississippi Stud Poker and Texas Hold’em Poker, located in each casino’s table games section.