MGM Grand is considering whether to let the Miscos take the machine home with them. Now it has relinquished its jackpot, the $1-a-go machine – the only game left from an entire network of slots installed in the early 1990s – will be retired. The machine has become so renowned that it has its own Twitter account, and its popularity was further fuelled by a Wall Street Journal piece earlier this year highlighting its formidable bounty.Īccording to Nevada law, slot machines are required to pay out 75% of the money that goes into them. The MGM Grand is the largest single hotel in the world. Our staff gets asked every single day, multiple times, where this game is, from people who haven't played it before,' Justin Andrews of MGM Grand said. The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. 'This game probably gets played about five times more than our average game on the casino floor.
The Lion's Share was the most popular slot of 1,900 at the MGM Grand, and was played almost once every five seconds each day. The machine had attracted queues of punters for two decades due to its mouthwatering jackpot, which accumulated over 20 years of parsimony.
'We've waited over 20 years for this! Our famous Lion's Share Finally Hit for $2.4 million,' the casino said.
