Sara King says her spiral started on August 20, 2022, four days before her 39th birthday, in the high-limit room at the Wynn Hotel casino in Las Vegas. The beautiful, athletic brunette was wearing a Christian Dior sweater over yoga pants and holding a Chanel purse in her lap as she slid hundred-dollar bills into a Dragon Link Golden Century, her go-to slot machine.
King was a regular in the room and a big tipper when she hit, which she claims happened so often that she began calling herself the slot whisperer. Her favorite machine was programmed with an A.I.-generated avatar of her that popped up whenever she won.