Slot player Jesse Castillo, 72, hit a $1,021,730 jackpot at the Chumash Casino on 7/8, which is one of the biggest payouts in the casino’s history. Castillo, from Ventura, was playing a high-limit $5 machine called Ten Times Pay when he bet the maximum of three credits. “Different people have their systems for playing slot machines,” he said in a statement. “I just push the button.”

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