In addition to being the Lake Manitoba First Nation Chief, McLean is also the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Deputy Chief. It will take about ten days for the funds to hit McLean’s account, but he has already been thinking about how he will use the winnings. The Shooting Star Casino photographed McLean and his wife with an oversized check and posting the image to its Facebook page. Talking about his wife’s reaction to the win, McLean said: “I think she was a little more excited than I was.” Putting the winnings to good use McLean’s wife wasn’t beside him when he hit the jackpot, but she quickly arrived on the scene after hearing all the commotion. Talking to local media on Tuesday, McLean explained how a bystander informed him that he had actually won more than $13,000, a fact soon confirmed by a casino employee.
McLean initially thought he had won $13,000 when he struck the jackpot.Ī bystander informed him that he had actually won more than $13,000 The big win came on Monday during his trip to the Shooting Star Casino. Lake Manitoba First Nation Chief Cornell McLean has scooped a $1.4m jackpot while playing a slot machine at a casino in Minnesota.
