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June 5, 2006

N. Smithfield man wins big at Delaware casino

Everett Brown never got to use his ticket for this weekend’s car races in Delaware, but he’s not complaining.

That’s because during his semi-annual trip to Dover International Speedway to see the NASCAR Nextel Cup, Brown took his chances on the nickel slots and won. Big.

“I went there for car racing and I won at the slot machines,” said Brown, 61, of North Smithfield, in an interview today. “It changed my whole weekend.”

A $100 bill turned into a $375,179.87 windfall for Brown. According to a press release today from the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Delaware, the jackpot is the largest prize ever given away at the casino.

A self-employed plumbing contractor, Brown has been going to Dover for 33 years for the NASCAR races there but only began playing the slots 5 years ago, he said today. He plans to use the money to build a retirement home in North Carolina, near "NASCAR Country," where he'll be close to numerous race tracks.

-- Journal staff writer Talia Buford

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