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Luck Of J-Lo's Mum
They call her Lucky Lopez, or the Gambling Grandmother. Guadalupe Lopez, mother of the film star Jennifer Lopez, has won $2.4 million from a slot machine in an Atlantic City casino.
The lucky break came on Saturday when J-Lo's mother, who used to work as a kindergarten teacher in the Bronx, put $3 into a Wheel of Fortune machine. When the three lucky symbols lined up, the sirens let loose and cash started pouring out. She won $2,421,291.76, to be paid over the next 19 years.
Puerto Rico born Mrs Lopez, 58, who now lives near Bill and Hillary Clinton in Westchester, New York State, thanks her saintly namesake for her win. "I have a great devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and had just looked up at the $2 million and said a little prayer to her when I hit the jackpot," she said.
