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Winthrop woman wins $20,000 from casino contest; Massena woman heading to Vegas for $1 million slot tourney

Posted 6/30/16

AKWESASNE – A Winthrop woman has won $20,000 from the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort’ Summer Blowout promotion and Massena woman will head to Vegas for a slot tournament. Linda Hartson, Winthrop, …

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Winthrop woman wins $20,000 from casino contest; Massena woman heading to Vegas for $1 million slot tourney

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AKWESASNE – A Winthrop woman has won $20,000 from the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort’ Summer Blowout promotion and Massena woman will head to Vegas for a slot tournament.

Linda Hartson, Winthrop, was the lucky winner of a $20,000 prize, while Cindy Lebouef, Massena, won a free trip to Las Vegas.

Hartson was one of five finalists, and second to pick her prize. She had a choice of $20,000 cash, a 2016 Ford Focus, or a $20,000 Home Makeover from Sears and opted for the cash.

Grand prize drawings are Saturday, July 30 & Aug. 27 from 5 to 10 p.m.

The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort also recently concluded its $1,000,000 Tournevent of Champions promotion.

Cindy Leboeuf from Massena was the winner to win an all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Tournevent of Champions slot tournament for a chance at $1,000,000.

The slot tournament promotion ran every Sunday from March 5 – June 18 paying out a share of $1,200 to the top ten scores of the day.

The top ten score in the preliminary rounds qualified for the championship round at 6 p.m.

She qualified for the final championship round in the  first session of the day, receiving a score over 90,000 points. In the championship session, she and nine others guests battled for 2 minutes to be crowned Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort Grand Champion.

She will be travelling to the TournEvent of Champions event hosted at the Wynn in Las Vegas from September 26 – 30, 2016. Representatives nationwide will represent their qualifying casinos for a shot of the ultimate prize of $1,000,000.