Scarlet Pearl Casino buys Mega Millions tickets for employees

If you are going to win, you got to play, and that’s exactly what Scarlet Pearl Casino is doing with the Mega Millions jackpot.

With the jackpot now sitting at $1.28 billion for tonight’s drawing, Scarlet Pearl Casino decided to take their chances and buy tickets for more than 900 of their employees.

It has developed a sense of comradery throughout the casino with employees rooting and betting on each other since the money will be split among them all no matter who wins.

Ben Koff, vice president of marketing, says one of their mantras is the employees are a part of their main core pillars and will always go above and beyond for their employees and hope that they will eventually win. “There’s no fun in going into a casino where no one wins, so to share that excitement and share the billion dollars to know that our associates can be taken care of in the long term. It can do worthwhile things and have that support and stabilization like that would be a wonderful benefit for all of us.”

Koff says he would love to start a domino effect for other casinos and businesses to get involved as a community.