Thursday, September 18, 2014
Staff report
AUSTINTOWN
A jackpot winner of $20,000 highlighted the second day of operations at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
Joseph Mastello of Cortland won the largest jackpot awarded at the facility so far. Mastello played on a $25 Double Strike video-lottery terminal at 1:42 p.m. Thursday.
After $800 in taxes, he walked away with $19,200, said Madeline Caldwell, spokeswoman for Hollywood Gaming.
Overall, Hollywood Gaming had $85,000 in winnings for patrons from 11:30 a.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday.
The racino had $30,000 in jackpot winnings in only slightly more than four hours into opening Wednesday. At one point, 849 of the 850 VLTs were being played. That last VLT was tied up in a jackpot, Caldwell said Wednesday.
Read more about the new facility's first days in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.