For one 40-something Auburnite, copper turned to gold.

The woman, a regular at the Muckleshoot Casino, hit a hefty jackpot Sunday night, winning $1,040,253.45 on a $2.50 spin playing Kingdom Cash, a video gaming device located in the Red Room smoking section.

The winner has asked not to be identified.

“It brought tears to her eyes (as the numbers added up to the large progressive jackpot),” said Johnny Walker, the casino’s director of gaming operations.

It is the largest payout for a video game device at the casino and possibly in the state, according to Walker.

“It’s been hit before … in Oklahoma about three months ago,” Walker said of the game.

Walker was confident a big jackpot would light up the casino, given its 12 video gaming devices in the Red Room and six more in the nonsmoking area. The machines awarded about $50,000 in payouts last week, Walker said.

“What people don’t realize is we got a lot of new games,” he said.

Walker said the progressive jackpot on the now-famous $1 million payout Rocket Gaming Gold Series machines has been reset, and will start growing again immediately.

About Muckleshoot Casino

Muckleshoot Casino opened in April of 1995 and is owned and operated by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. The casino has more than 3,100 machines, more than 100 table games and eight restaurants.