LINCOLN, DELAWARE -- The first winner of the nation's first multistate progressive slot jackpot won the prize Sunday, July 30th at Lincoln Park.

The new Ca$hola game links slot machines at Lincoln and Newport Grand and slot facilities in Delaware and West Virginia. A portion of each dollar gambled at each machine is put toward a jackpot that can be won by gamblers in any state. The game started on July 18 and is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association, a group of lotteries that runs Powerball.

The chance of winning is about 1 in 7 million.

Richard Keels, of Mattapan, Mass., hit that jackpot Sunday, according to the Rhode Island Lottery. The 20-year annuity was $708,558.20, but he chose to take the cash payout of $454,319.

Higher jackpots are thought to entice more gamblers, creating more money for the slot parlor. The state takes about 60.5 percent of the slot revenues at Lincoln Park, $205.4 million last year.

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