I had a great time at the Borgata in Atlantic City this past weekend! I arrived late Friday (a 3.5 hour drive from DC) evening and the first machine I was on (Double Jackpot w/ "Quick Hits" machine) hit the top prize after putting in around $150. Top prize was $10,000! That was the biggest jackpot I've ever won over the last 4 years I've played slots. The last biggie was a few weekends ago at the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls where I hit the top prize jackpot on the Big Times Pay machine (matching 3 symbols - unbelievable, never seen anybody do that!) which paid out $6,000 (and untaxed in Canada!).

Since I was staying at the Borgata until Sunday (comped room), I couldn't stop myself from playing (yeah, I have a gambling problem). I was chipping away at my $10k having little luck on roulette and blackjack and so I continued on with slots. The slots were tight...I put in $600 into a tight Blazing 7 machine with no mixed 7s at all...ugh that drive me nuts as the progressive payout was $1k. I gave up and moved on to other machines with little luck. By Saturday afternoon, the 10k winnings dwindled to $7000. I decided to go to the $5 slot area and played a Triple Lucky machine. After putting in less than $200 (2 credits per spin), I hit a Red 7, Red 7, and bam...a Triple Lucky symbol! that jackpot was $4,500 and put me back up.

With just 1 day left at AC, I had to play more lol. Had a quick bite to eat and continued playing (again, no luck with any table games and took a hit). Moved on to some multi-denom slots in the far back of the floor and played $5slots (took a lost of $500) and played a huge $1 MonteCarlo that caught my attention (another $600 lost) before moving on...if you're at Borgata and see the giant MonteCarlo (it's the only one in that smoking area), BEWARE! It rarely hit matching bars and I can't believe I played that long thinking it was going to hit soon. The night was rough and I went to bed.

Sunday morning came and I was at $7k with my initial jackpot winning. I had to leave at 11am so I got up at 8am and had a quick comped buffet breakfast. Decided to play another $600 on black jack / roulette and lost. It was the last hour before departing for home and I decided to give the $5 slot floor another try. Bells were ringing on 3 machines in the room when I walked in (as usual in that room) so I felt some luck in the air. I plopped myself on the 5 Times Pay machine and put in $100 hitting the single credit button (nothing!). Then I took out my last $100 in my pocket (the rest of my money was in check form) and at $65 remaning, I saw the symbols (BlueBar-7, BlueBar-7, and bam...5 Times pay!). Ughh..it was with mixed emotions...I was thrilled to hit the $1250 jackpot but knew if I played the max credit (3), I would have gotten $3750..(yeah yeah, poor baby!). I took the money and hit the road home!

So overall, I net around $8,500 for the entire weekend trip...it will go towards lots of gambling losts from 2006 for sure :-). 2 of my top 3 jackpots ever were at the Borgata this weekend which is odd since I've played there a number of times and have found the slots to be tight (the comped rooms and food keep me coming back). My lesson, head to the $5 denom room if playing slots and hit the single credit button if you're ready to take it a notch up from playing max credit on $1 slots but not ready to do max credit on a $5 machine....not quite ready to play $10, $25, or the $100 machines...someday though, hopefully :-).

Hope you enjoyed reading. It's my first post here.
-LuckyJackpot777