Leatherman, a carpenter, took home a check for $50,943 and opted to receive that amount for the next 19 years. Leatherman walked away with $1,018,861 after only two pulls of the handle of a High Rollers $5 progressive slot machine he played on New Year's Eve 2001 at Trump Taj Mahal Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press at the time of the event. Leatherman’s torso was recovered from the ocean by an off-duty lifeguard, but his head has not been recovered, Gramiccioni said. John Leatherman, 43, of the Ocean Grove section of Neptune, was identified as the man who was decapitated when he leaped to his death off the Ocean Grove Fishing Pier with a rope around his neck Monday evening, according to First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. OCEAN GROVE - The man who leaped to his death off the Ocean Grove Fishing Pier with a rope around his neck Monday evening was a $1 million winner at an Atlantic City casino on New Year’s Eve 2001.
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