In 2009, grandmother Patricia Demauro approached a craps table at the Borgata in Atlantic City for only the second time in her life. Her friend played briefly, and then Demauro took the dice in her hands. To the dismay of casino executives, she won 154 consecutive throws breaking the world records for the longest craps roll and the most successive dice rolls without "sevening out". The odds of this happening are roughly 1 in 1.56 trillion.

Source: Time

In 1989 Elmer Sherwin a World War II vet won a $4.6 million dollar Megabucks jackpot, a mere 10 hours after The Mirage opened to the public. He used the money to travel the world. Even with the big win, Sherwin continued to play the slots once or twice a week in hopes of being the first second-time winner. Sixteen years later at 92 years old, he won 21 million dollars in the same jackpot. Sherwin said, "I'm glad I finally hit; I've been trying to do it again."

"It's absurd," said Anthony Curtis, publisher of the Las Vegas Advisor newsletter. The odds of winning are "on the order of billions if not trillions to one. It's crazy."

In his 92 years, Sherwin said he had already traveled everywhere he wanted to go. The lucky winner had gotten a lot of mileage out of his jackpot. Sherwin carried a picture of his first win in his pocket like a passport to gain entry into exciting places such as a cockpit tour of the Concorde. Sherwin's other plans for his winnings were simple. "I'm gonna try for a third win on Megabucks," he said, "but I may try the Wheel of Fortune slot, too."

Source: Las Vegas Sun, IGT