Instead of heading to Atlantic City on Saturday as originally planned, we left our Belle Terra, New York, home on Friday and drove to New Jersey. She called another resort, and they had a room, but we had to check in on Friday, August 12. It all started when my wife Margaret called Bally's Casino Resort in Atlantic City to reserve a room for Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14. Everything we did up to that moment was a factor in putting me in the right place at the right time-not the least of which was savoring my 'lucky cigar.' The biggest slot-machine jackpot ever in Atlantic City. Every minute of the weekend counted down to that one magic pull of the lever, that one great moment when the $8.5 million megabucks jackpot would be won.
