The biggest casino jackpots
Many people wonder why one person could not get rich from years of casino play, while another played from nothing to do and racked up several million. Below are a few of the stories of dabblers who have caught fortune by the tail.
The biggest wins at the slot machines in casinos
- In 2003, a resident of Los Angeles arrived at a basketball competition being held in Las Vegas. Before the game started, the young programmer decided to pass the time at the Excalibur casino, having no similar experience. The twenty-five year old spent about a hundred dollars on the Megabucks slot machine, and won just under $40 million. This jackpot was the largest in the history of the popular gambling house. The winner chose to stretch out the fun for a quarter of a century, receiving an annual payout of 1, 5 million dollars.
- For Joanna Hundle, the fateful year was 2002. The 74-year-old woman decided to drive from California to Las Vegas for a weekend of fun. Her way to breakfast was past a casino, where she decided to stop by. The elderly American woman who bet $170, the notorious Megabucks gave her a profit of $22.6 million, the second highest win on this machine’s list. The winner initially thought she had won 2 million and was overjoyed.
- It’s not just land-based casinos that can make a man rich. In 2015, a British Army soldier managed to bankrupt an online casino. The Mega Moolah game allowed John Heywood to snatch the top prize of £13,213,838.68. Remarkably, the man didn’t believe in such luck, mistaking the result of the game for a system failure. He found out about his victory from an official representative of the online casino. John was able to beat the Finnish player’s jackpot record of €17,861,813 and make it into the pages of the Guinness Book.
The success of the Englishman confirmed that every gambler has a chance to become a millionaire, regardless of the type of gambling establishment. The release of the Mega Moolah video slot in 2006 has increased the number of millionaires by 50 in terms of the specific currency in which they are betting.
John Heywood was the record holder for three years. In the autumn of 2018, he was outplayed by an unknown gamer who hit the €18,910,668.01 Mega Moolah jackpot. The super-prize was recognised as the biggest ever for an online casino slot machine and ranked fifth in relation to the most impressive winnings in the gambling industry, including land-based gambling houses in Las Vegas.