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$5.7 million Megabucks winner at the Stardust: video

Information

Creator

Creator (cre): Stardust Resort and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Date

1990-07-02

Description

Jay Franklin Benjamin won a $5.7 million Megabucks slot machine jackpot at the Stardust while in town from Texas with his wife. All segments include interview with the winner, and his plans for how to use the money include purchasing a house in Las Vegas a car for his son. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Digital ID

MS_00515_028

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1fb52c8v
Details

Contributor

Contributor (ctb): KLAS-TV (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)
Contributor: KVBC Channel 3 (Television station : Las Vegas, Nev.)

Time Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Resource Type

Moving Image

Material Type

moving images

Source

$5.7 million Megabucks winner at the Stardust: video, approximately 1985 to 1995

Archival Collection

Stardust Resort and Casino Records

Citation

MS_00515_028. Stardust Resort and Casino Records, 1950-2006. MS-00515. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1fb52c8v

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor of the collection, Jim Seagrave, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) to UNLV. However, the material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals are not available for viewing because of fragility or obsolescence

Extent

0:05:28

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

video/mp4