WHEELING, WV -- Wheeling Island Hotel, Casino, and Racetrack proudly awarded Nora A. Baden of Pittsburgh, PA a $2.9 million CA$HOLA jackpot at the casino on Friday, May 16, 2008.

The $2.9 million CA$HOLA jackpot is the largest jackpot to be paid in the multi-state progressive video lottery game.

Just moments after winning the $2.9 million jackpot, Braden proclaimed her excitement by admitting that she told her husband, "Let's go to Wheeling Island today, I'm feeling lucky."

"We are thrilled for Nora," stated Jim Simms, vice president of marketing at Wheeling Island. "The $2.9 million jackpot is the largest of it's kind for Wheeling Island or the region. This is just one of the reasons our Pittsburgh customers make the extra drive to Wheeling Island."

CA$HOLA is the first ever multi-state progressive video lottery game to be offered among U.S states and includes the states of West Virginia, Delaware and Rhode Island. CA$HOLA features a shared prize pool that creates the progress jackpot game that can be won by players in all three states.