The wife of a comedian playing in western Nevada this weekend won a $1.4 million slot jackpot Friday at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino.
The player identified as Kathryn J. was playing IGT’s Wheel of Fortune Triple Red Hot 7s slot when she won, the GSR said in a statement. Kathyrn said she was grateful to IGT, the GSR and its staff. “We are looking forward to paying down our debts and traveling,” she said in a statement.
She is the wife of Justin Rupple, who plays Friday night at the Crystal Bay Casino on Lake Tahoe’s north shore and who has two shows at The Virgil in Reno on Saturday. Rupple is making the appearances as part of Reno Tahoe Comedy.
Rupple supplied the voice for a character on “How To Train Your Dragon” and won his season as a contestant on Dana Carvey’s “First Impressions” competition reality series. He also appeared on “America’s Got Talent.” He has come to the Reno area for Reno Tahoe Comedy for about a decade.
Justin Rupple is quickly becoming one of comedy’s fastest rising stars. He has appeared on national television, co-starred in a worldwide action film and won national comedy competitions.
In 2010, Rupple moved from his hometown in Seattle to Los Angeles and became a mainstay of Hollywood’s comedy scene. He was added to the cast of the 2014 CBS DIVERSITY COMEDY SHOWCASE, the whose cast is considered “The Next Wave of Comedy Stars”. He then appeared on PARTNERS (FX), SCORPION (CBS), RICKI LAKE (FOX) and over 25 appearances on local FOX, NBC and ESPN affiliates. He also CO-STARRED in the 2016 film OPERATION CHROMITE next to LIAM NEESON.
His VOICE has appeared in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING & FATE & THE FURIOUS. He has been called a combination of Jim Carrey’s voices and energy with Richard Jeni’s delivery. Known around the US for his impressions, he won DANA CARVEY’S FIRST IMPRESSIONS on THE USA NETWORK where he took home the $10k prize, and the title of “ONE OF THE COUNTRIES BEST IMPRESSIONISTS”.
Follow Justin: @TheRupple
