If the supernatural is your cup of tea, then this article won’t alter your perception. But even if you believe that curses are a possibility, the evidence for this one is slim to none.
In March 2000, Cynthia Jay-Brennan, a 37-year-old cocktail waitress, won an impressive Megabucks slot jackpot at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, the site of today’s Wynn and Encore. The grand total was nearly $35 million. She married her boyfriend and they began to plan a world tour.
Cynthia Jay proudly displays her Megabucks slot win at the Desert Inn before tragedy struck. (Image: Las Vegas Sun)
Six weeks later, Clark Morse, a drunk driver with 16 past convictions, crashed into the back of Jay-Brennan’s car as it was stopped at a red light. The collision killed her sister, Lela Anne Jay, 45, and left Jay-Brennan with a permanent spinal injury.
Morse, 58, received a 28-year prison sentence. Jay-Brennan remains paralyzed from the chest down. Far too much of her jackpot has been spent on medical bills.
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