A lucky player in Uncasville won a life changing amount of money on Monday when she hit the jackpot of a penny slot machine at the Mohegan Sun resort casino.

The player from Holyoke, Mass. walked away with a $1.4 million jackpot! Not bad for a night at the casino.

In fact, it’s been a lucky week for players at this casino as it was the third big win at the Mohegan casino in the past two weeks.

The casino confirmed that Gabriele Brin-Martin hit the progressive jackpot on the Star Wars-themed penny slot machine on Monday. Her winnings from that one play come to a grand total of $1,427,870. Progressive jackpots can reach several million. When unemployment is going up and petrol is going through the roof, this jackpot will be a great security blanket for the players and her family.

The slot machine has been a great feature at the Mohegan casino since October 2005 and is part of an amazing selection of 6,400 slot machines which are spread in various areas around the resort. With so many slot machines in one place, it’s no wonder that the casino can celebrate big wins on a regular basis and generate over $700 million in slot play in one month.

The casino is proud to confirm that there has been three big wins over the past few weeks and if the lucky streak carries on, the casino is sure to see many more players coming to check it out.

On March 28, a guest won $1.7 million on another penny slot machine and on March 30, another guest won $50,000 on a Triple Diamond machine (These two players have asked not to be named).

In January, a teacher from New Jersey won $5 million on a penny slot machine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. The man has gone to the casino on the day because the weather was quite bad and the heavy snow had forced the school to shut for the day. It certainly was a lucky omen for the man who took one of the biggest casino penny slot machine jackpots of the year.

The Mohegan Sun resort casino is owned by the Mohegan Tribe and is one of the largest gambling establishments in Connecticut.