MGM Lions Share Machine

So I've been to Vegas thirty times and I didn't know anything about this until I heard it mentioned from someone on here and I researched it. Supposedly, there is one very old machine that has a progressive attatched to it (over $2 million) that has never been hit and the casino can't remove the machine until it does get hit. As I researched it, most of the posts came from 2012 and they all spoke of or hinted toward "rumor has it....", etc.

So now I'm wondering a few things:
1. Is this story of the Lion's share slot an urban legend?
2. If it is real (and I'm sure the machine is real....just question the story behind it), has it been hit? No one has talked about it much since the end of last year.
3. The stories I read worried whether they would continue to find parts for it, how it didn't take newer dollars, it was hand-pay only and couldn't use tickets or even coins to pay out. So I wonder, are they able to check this machine to see if it even has the capability to pay a jackpot? Maybe it was erroneously set up and has no chance of a jackpot.
4. How long has this guy been around?

I'll take a stroll through and give it a shot if it is real, but I don't want to waste 30 minutes looking for Bigfoot, just so I can give him $30.

Yes it's real. It's been there for at least 12 years. It was part of a progressive and must stay there until it pays the big one. Two or three years ago it was converted from coin payout to hand pay on any amount (I think). It was located near the high limit area and the Zuni bar.

I played it for years waiting for it to hit. We went into MGM in May, 2012 and it was still there. I've quit playing it but it's not a tight machine; it'll just be the last slot machine standing in Vegas!

Ok, thanks for the information. Flying out tomorrow at 6:45am and I'll go on a quest to see if I can bring the giant down!

I play it every visit. It's not particularly loose but its worth a twenty. I believe someone hit the jackpot a few years ago but did not have max coin in so the progressive is still there.

Dropped 40 into it last week........