Lucky Winner Hits $1.2 Million Jackpot at Wind Creek Atmore

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May 04, 2015, 01:17 ET

ATMORE, Ala., May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH) confirms that Hazel B. of Pensacola, Florida has won a progressive jackpot worth $1,253,777. The win occurred at Wind Creek Casino Atmore (WCA) while Hazel was playing the Million Degrees electronic bingo game. The jackpot was hit on a max bet of just $3.00.

Hazel says she plans to buy a new house. She has not quit her job. WCA team members remember Hazel as being very calm when she realized she had just won over a million dollars. Hazel said her boyfriend was probably more excited than she was.

Hazel B. Wins $1.2 Million at Wind Creek Atmore

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Since opening in 2009, WCA has paid out almost 143,000 jackpots worth approximately $384 million dollars.

Tim Ramer Property Manager at WCA, said, "We are almost as happy as Hazel that she became a millionaire at our casino. On average, someone hits a jackpot every five minutes at a Wind Creek casino, and we are happy for everyone who wins."

About Wind Creek Hospitality

Wind Creek Hospitality is an authority of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Wind Creek Hospitality manages the Tribes gaming facilities including: Wind Creek Atmore, Wind Creek Wetumpka, Creek Casino Montgomery as well as multiple racetracks in Alabama and Florida.

The Poarch Creek Indians are descendants of a segment of the original Creek Nation, which once covered almost all of Alabama and Georgia. Unlike many eastern Indian tribes, the Poarch Creeks were not removed from their tribal lands and have lived together for almost 200 years in and around the reservation in Poarch, Alabama. The reservation is located eight miles northwest of Atmore, Alabama, in rural Escambia County, and 57 miles east of Mobile.

The Poarch Creek Indians is the only federally recognized Indian Tribe in the state of Alabama, operating as a sovereign nation with its own system of government and bylaws. The Tribe operates a variety of economic enterprises, which employ hundreds of area residents.

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