TORONTO (CBC) - A slot machine at an Ontario casino spilled enough on Easter weekend to build a mighty hefty nest egg for lucky Toronto-area woman.

Anna Falco, 53, of Woodbridge, Ont., won a record jackpot of $8,920,622.89 Saturday night while playing the slots at Casino Rama near Orillia, Ont., said a news release from the casino.

That shattered by more than $3 million the previous slot jackpot record of $5.8 million won by Toronto tax accountant Nick Hulst at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in October 2004.

Falco, who is married and has two daughters, had been playing a Megabucks progressive wide slot machine for about an hour before hitting the jackpot, the release said.

She said she and her husband Franco plan to share the winnings with their family and friends.

The jackpot that Falco took home could potentially have been taken by a patron at any of 11 casinos in Ontario that are linked to it. The jackpot starts at $1 million and climbs until a customer at one of the casinos hits the winning combination.

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