our Twitter account<\/a>, resulting in more than 130,000 Tweet impressions. This has nothing to do with the story, we just like to show off.<\/p>\nThe sequential royal flush jackpot is remarkable for several reasons.<\/p>\n
First, it’s remarkable we didn’t even know this existed.<\/p>\n
Apparently, some video poker games require sequential royal flushes appear in order, left to right. The player at Red Rock nailed a “reversible sequential,” reading right to left.<\/p>\n
Second, that’s a metric hell-ton of money.<\/p>\n
Third, seriously, 20 years. Just saying.<\/p>\n
The jackpot was won on a game called Video Poker Deluxe. Note to self.<\/p>\n
How rare is a sequential royal flush? Well, the elusive royal flush (where cards can appear in any order) is 1-in-40,000. No small feat, obviously.<\/p>\n
The odds of getting a sequential royal are about (wait for it) 2.4 million-to-1.<\/p>\n
Or as we call it in Las Vegas, Saturday.<\/p>\n
Defying the odds is what Vegas is all about. Well, that and cleavage. But mostly that first thing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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