His family was unaware of his winnings until he got home Monday night. “A friend of mine came walking over, and I said, “Sit with me.’ I was in shock.” “A crowd started coming around, and they gave me a glass of champagne,” he said. He put about $100 in the machine before he hit it big.

He said he was playing other games that night but wasn’t having any luck, so he decided to take a spin at Wheel of Fortune. “I’ve won jackpots before, like $2,500,” he said. An avid hunter, Bromiley has attended the convention in Reno for the past 23 years. “I’ll until I die or until I can’t maneuver myself.”īromiley was in Nevada with his fiancee over the weekend for a convention held by the Safari Club International. It’s my baby,” he said before rushing off to a business meeting. The company makes products for aerospace, medical, military, electric power and telecommunications industries. Bromiley started his business with money he made by selling nine of 10 puppies his Great Dane, Lady Trixie Bell, gave birth to in 1968.

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