New Jersey single mom hits major online slot jackpot

A 51-year-old New Jersey single mom who holds down two jobs to support her family hit a pre-Christmas windfall this week at the SugarHouse Online Casino, striking a $160,256 jackpot on NetEnt‘s progressive slot Divine Fortune.

Taking a break to unwind between her two jobs, the anonymous winner had played for just two minutes when the jackpot hit and the stunned woman watched the reward escalate.

“I rubbed my eyes, looked again, and screamed, ‘Thank you, God!’” she told casino management. “At first I thought am I seeing this right?”

The big winner will be the women’s children, who she plans to spoil this Christmas with the windfall; but most of the money will go to paying off her mortgage and repairing a faulty home heating system in time for the winter.

Following two large jackpot hits in August Divine Fortune had reportedly been relatively quiet in jackpot terms prior to the latest big hit.