Laid-off worker wins $280,637 at Citizen Band Potawatomi Casino
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) - A woman laid off from her job at an Oklahoma City tire plant has won $280,637 at an Oklahoma casino.
Tuwanna
Green lost her job at the Dayton Tire Plant when the company announced
in October it was closing the plant. Green, a Dayton worker for seven
years, decided to find a part-time job and go back to school although
the cost of continuing her education posed a significant financial
burden.
During a trip to the Firelake Grand Casino with her aunt
and uncle on Jan. 18, Green won a $280,637 jackpot after investing just
$40 in a progressive gaming network game.
"This is really a
story about how things can change for the better when you least expect
it," said Brad Peltier, marketing director for the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation and Firelake Enterprises.
"We are very excited for Ms. Green and can't imagine a more deserving person to have won the jackpot," Peltier said.
Green's
jackpot is the second to be awarded at Firelake in the past three
weeks. On Dec. 26, a Bristow woman won a $334,449 jackpot while playing
a progressive gaming network game.
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