Other gamblers also got lucky at casinos on New Year’s Day. A man bet $75 on a Lightning Link slot machine at the Rampart Casino in Vegas and won over $113,000, McClatchy News reported. A Northern California player won $250,650 at a Buffalo Link slot machine.

According to Suncoast Hotel and Casino officials, a local hit a $106,437 jackpot early on Wednesday, January 1, New Year's Day. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, placed a $5 bet after sitting at a slot machine just before 5 a.m., striking it big on Dragon Cash and taking home the six-figure prize.

Whiskey Pete's, an iconic roadside landmark off the 15 Freeway between Las Vegas and California, has shut its doors.

A gambler got lucky on a video poker game with a rare hand at a Las Vegas casino. Now, the player is $44,725 richer. The visitor sat at a machine at the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, the casino said in a Dec. 23 Facebook post. Then the gambler bet $1.25 and ended up with a royal flush, the rarest hand in the game, according to Upswing Poker.