The man who hit Megabucks twice
At 76, Sherwin won about $4.6 million at The Mirage in 1989. Sixteen years later, aged 92, he hit another Megabucks jackpot worth about $21.1 million at the Cannery. That sounds like a slot-machine myth somebody told over drinks. It is in the manufacturer’s annual report.
The second win made him a rare double winner, but it did not make repeat jackpots a sensible strategy for the rest of us. He told reporters he had wanted to win again; the odds did not care about his ambition.
Contemporary reporting records his plan to tell his family. Later retellings mention Hurricane Katrina donations, but I could not verify an amount or recipient in the primary records, so I am not treating that as a confirmed outcome.
Sources: IGT 2005 annual report · Las Vegas Sun, September 2005