Four Winds Casino Resort Awards $1.7 million Wheel of Fortune Special Edition MegaJackpot

May 12, 2010 – Louise L. won an incredible $1,771,619 MegaJackpot® on a Wheel of Fortune® Special Edition™ quarter machine on Sunday, May 9 at Four Winds Casino Resort.

The winner, a retiree from Granger, Ind., said her daughter brought her to the casino to celebrate Mother’s Day. “This is my favorite casino” she said. Interestingly, Louise reported being quite familiar with the winning machine. “[I] play this type of machine when I come here. I’ve won money on these machines before.” After investing around $60, the new millionaire said she was shocked to find she had won the top progressive prize saying, “How much did I win? I couldn’t figure it out!” Louise went on to say she was thrilled to have her daughter join in the excitement of her win, and couldn’t wait to share her Megajackpot news with her husband and family. Louise added that she plans to use some of her winnings to help a food pantry and homeless shelter in South Bend.

Sunday’s MegaJackpot is the largest single Megajackpot payout at Four Winds Casino Resort to date. Four Winds Casino Resort has now awarded eleven MegaJackpot prizes totaling over $5 million in prize money on a variety of IGT progressive systems since 2007. Four Winds Casino Resort, along with over 300 other tribal casinos across the nation, belongs to a seventeen-state Native American progressive gaming network. Anytime a coin is played in a linked machine, anywhere in the network, the cumulative jackpot continues to grow until it is won.

Four Winds Casino Resort is owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and is managed by Lakes Entertainment, Inc.,(NASDAQ: LACO). The resort offers 130,000 square feet of gaming with 3,000 slot machines and a large selection of table games. It also features four restaurants, entertainment bars and retail venues, and a 165-room hotel, making it a premier destination resort for Midwest tourism. For more information on Four Winds Casino Resort or to make a reservation, please call 1-866-4WINDS1 (866-494-6371) or visit www.fourwindscasino.com.

The Wheel of Fortune Special Edition progressive has a starting jackpot of $500,000. In order to win the MegaJackpot, five Wheel of Fortune symbols must line up on the machine’s payline with a maximum bet wagered.

Contact:
Joshua Taustein, (312) 780-7219, jtaustein@dresnerco.com

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