It pays to be Kevin Lewis - $1 million, exactly.
A Cincinnati casino is shelling out two million-dollar prizes after mistakenly putting a jumbo-sized check in the hands of the wrong man.
In a highly publicized televised drawing that packed the Horseshoe Casino's floors Saturday night, an announcer boomed out the single winner's name: "Our next millionaire from Cincinnati is, Kevin Lewis!"
The problem was, there wasn't just one Kevin Lewis, but two, and the wrong one was standing in the crowd.
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As Lewis celebrated his seven-figure takeaway, officials realized the mistake: Another Kevin Lewis who was not present at the casino was the actual winner.
The 52-year-old went nuts, hugging his fiancée, giving high fives to the crowd and, once at the front of the stage, was photographed blowing kisses with his arms in the air.
"When I heard my name I said, 'God finally gave me a big win,'" he later told WCPO.
Watching back home from his TV set, was the other Kevin Lewis - the drawing's actual winner.
It wasn't until after the first Lewis was on stage being presented with his massive check that the presenters realized there had been a mistake.
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The Horseshoe Casino’s move to award $1 million to both Kevin Lewis' has been called a ‘class act’ on social media by current and future patrons.
Down to the specifics, both men not only have the same name but visit the casino, live in Cincinnati, are in their 50s and are engaged to be married.
Caught in a million-dollar question of ethics with all eyes watching, the casino made the astonishing decision to award both men the same exact prize - all for having the same name.
"This was our blunder," casino general manager Kevin Kline said in a statement. "So consistent with our commitment to do the right thing for our guests, Horseshoe awarded a $1 million dollar prize to each of the men."
The elated Lewis who was there the night of the drawing, now in addition to his faith in God, blames his luck on "being at the right place at the right time."
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The casino says they're working to make sure the mistake doesn't happen again with one more million-dollar prize scheduled to be awarded on September 1.
The Kevin Lewis who did not attend Saturday night's drawing, but who was identified over the phone to the Daily News by his fiancée as "the rightful winner, not to take anything away from the other guy," had no comment on his win.
The casino which opened earlier this year says they're working to make sure the mistake doesn't happen again with one more million-dollar prize scheduled to be awarded on September 1.
On the casino's Facebook page, the so-called "class act" move by the casino was seen praised by both current attendants and promising future ones.
"What a class act gesture there Saturday," one man wrote. "Any business that does that gets my business!!!!! WAY TO GO HORSESHOE!!!"
"Wow, you guys are awesome! To give a guy a million bucks when you could have just easily said oops ... Things like that restore ones faith in humanity," wrote another man.
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