The gambling industry is increasingly targeting women online with so called sexy slot machines and offering prizes like a Manhattan shopping spree. 'I mean I never thought.she'd do that.She just had this one bad habit,' Laverne Dennison said. Jennifer Dennison's husband, Scott, holds a power of attorney for his parents, but Jennifer Dennison made all of the financial decisions for the family.

Dennison was the one who had basically wiped out their accounts to the tune of over $500,000,' Nienhuis said.

The thrill of the buzzing slot machines led her to fleece her in-laws of their retirement money, drain their bank accounts and cash in their insurance policies, police said. But she pumped every penny of that back in, plus at least $700,000 more, police say. Dennison, bounced a check in August of last year, launching the investigation that led to the woman's arrest.ĭennison hit the slots at Tampa's Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, winning a total of nearly $13 million. She was charged with 16 counts including exploitation of the elderly, forgery of checks, and organized scheme to defraud.ĭennison's in-laws, 88-year-old Laverne Robert Dennison and 73-year-old Janet A. 'Theoretically she could spend the next couple decades in prison,' Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said.

Jennifer Dennison, 42, was arrested after Hernando County Sheriff's detectives wrapped up a five-month investigation. Ap— - A Florida woman's gambling addiction was so severe that she pumped $14 million into the slots and is accused of stealing her in-laws' life savings to fuel her habit, police said.

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