Larry Cooper has 51,770 more things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
The Sparks, NV resident won $51,770 in the Lucky’s Sports Book Progressive Football Contest at John Ascuaga’s Nugget.
"This makes it a very happy Thanksgiving," Cooper told Nugget officials. "I love to bet on football and I've been coming here (Nugget Lucky’s Sports Book) to bet every week since 2007."
Cooper is a retired postal worker who moved to Sparks from San Jose with his wife, Karen, in 2006. He volunteers as the assistant coach for the Spanish Springs High School Varsity Girls Softball team. He plans to use the money to help out his children and take the family on a house boating vacation in Lake Shasta.
Cooper, who purchased his $5 winning ticket at John Ascuaga's Nugget, correctly selected all 16 games including the Eagles' upset of the Giants Sunday night. This is the biggest jackpot Lucky's Sports Book has ever paid during the football progressive promotion.
John Ascuaga's Nugget is one of the few family-owned casino resorts left in the country. Founded as a coffee shop with a few slot machines on March 17, 1955, John Ascuaga has built the Nugget into a world-class, full-service gaming resort destination.