La La Anthonyjust hit the jackpot — literally.
ThePoweractress had some fun while in New Orleans while attending the annual Essence Music Festival on Monday and even racked up so cold, hard cash.
“So, it all started when I put $200 in a slot machine in NOLA at 4am this morning,” Anthony shared with her 8.9 million followers on her Instagram Story.
The Story then jumps from her text to a video of the slot machine’s bells and whistles after declaring her the jackpot winner.
“We went crazy!! But wait … the machine kept going!”
The actress’ Instagram Story featured another clip of the slot machine numbers rising – coming out to a grand total of $68,000.
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The actress finished her jackpot-winning Instagram Story post and said, “Thank you NOLA! I love you!”
“@Lalawell got damn, Good morning I thought I was having a good morning,” he captionedan image of screen grabsfrom Anthony’s story. “any of you motherf—er owe me money, it’s Monday. 😠🍾#lecheminduroi🥃#bransoncognac”
The actress commented on the rapper’s post with laughing face emoji’s and wrote, “It’s Monday! TIME TO COLLECT‼️‼️‼️”
Prior to her New Orleans jackpot win, Anthony celebrated her 36th birthday with close friends and family in Atlantic City.
At her celebratory event, the birthday girl sparkled in an off-the-shoulder, glittery Peter Dundas dress and Manolo Blahnik heels and expressed her love of gambling.
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“My whole family is here. My cousins, my best friends. My uncle is here, my brother is here. Atlantic City is just such an easy drive from New York, so everyone was able to just hop in the car,” she told PEOPLE. “I love gambling, I love partying, great restaurants. … You have it all right here in the hotel, and you never have to leave.”
And though her husband, Carmelo, was not physically there to celebrate her birthday, the star told PEOPLE that he was attending Fashion Week overseas but still made sure to celebrate the occasion.
“He sent me some nice gifts and posted something really nice, so I was appreciative,” she said of the NBA star’sInstagram postdeclaring her his “queen.”
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“As La La and Carmelo have been living apart for quite some time, La La is proceeding with legal discussions as the next step in their relationship,” a representative for thePowerstar says in a statement to PEOPLE.
“They will remain loving and committed parents to their son.”
The pair, who split in April 2017 before reuniting in late 2018, have been co-parenting their son while living apart.
“That is my priority, that my son is healthy and happy,” La La told PEOPLE two months after the 2017 split news broke. “I will do whatever I can to ensure that, and my husband is the exact same way.”
As for how La La is holding up? “She’s doing great,” says a source close to the star. “She’s busy working on several projects and being a devoted mom to her son.”
source: people.com
