We’ve all been there. Hitting that spin button on a progressive jackpot, closing our eyes, and dreaming of the life we could be living. Of course, it’s obviously never happened, at least not for me. It has happened for some lucky folk out there though. Instead of seeing the crushing disappointment of one reel landing after the other, revealing no matches, someone has seen the stars align and the biggest of jackpots paid out.
It is those people that we are here to celebrate. The ones who have beaten the casinos and taken home the biggest prizes imaginable. We’ve rounded up five of the biggest jackpot wins of all time and laid out exactly how they came to be.
5: Arabian Knights – 17.3 Million – Norway
When it comes to high-paying jackpot games, Arabian Knights is not a title that immediately jumps out. The NetEnt game has produced some big wins over the years, but no one expected it to deliver one of the biggest of all time.
The slot delivered an incredible $17.3 million payout to a player in Norway in 2011. The lucky player was spinning the reels at Betsson Group at the time, becoming one of the biggest slot winners in history. Despite the incredible size of this win, this is not actually the biggest win that NetEnt has produced, as you will see when you read on.
4: Mega Moolah – $19.9 Million – UK
We’ve all been down to our last £0.25 and figured that we may as well give the slot one last spin. This is exactly what happened to Jonathan Heywood, a British soldier based in Cheshire. Only Heywood wasn’t playing any ordinary slot, he was playing Mega Moolah, a title that, spoiler alert, makes a few appearances on this list.
Heywood was playing at Betway Casino when he hit the jackpot. At only 26 years old at the time of his win in 2015, he is also the youngest player on this list. Heywood was personally congratulated by Microgaming CEO Roger Raatgaver, and described hitting the jackpot as surreal. The soldier also vowed to spend the bulk of his winning treating his sick father.
3: Mega Fortune $21 Million – Finland
The second Scandaniavan on our list is a man from Finland who landed a phenomenal $21 million jackpot win in 2013. The player was spinning the reels of the progressive jackpot slot game, Mega Fortune at the PAF casino.
Like Heywood before him, the lucky Finn had only wagered $0.25 on the bet, showing that you don’t always need to be betting big to chase big wins. The player, who remains unnamed, has said that they laughed and cried at the same time when they hit the win, a reaction that the majority of us can imagine having. The win is also the biggest that has ever been paid out by NetEnt.
2: Mega Moolah $23.5 Million – Unknown
As we promised, Mega Moolah has made another appearance on this list. This win was actually the World Record holder for the biggest online slot win for quite some time. The player, who has remained unnamed, landed an incredible $23.5 million win on the game from a $0.75 bet back in 2018.
The win was recorded at Mondial Casino. Little is known about the player or the circumstances leading to the win, other than the fact that they had spun the reels less than 50 times and were wagering $0.75 per spin. Both of these facts should fill us all with a little bit of hope that our luck might change one day.
1: Absolutely Mad Mega Moolah – $23.6 Million – Belgium
Fittingly, the most absolutely mad slot win of all time came on the Absolutely Mad Mega Moolah slot game. This Alice-in-Wonderland-themed Mega Moolah spin-off holds the current world record for the biggest win ever secured at an online casino.
The lucky player came from Belgium and they managed to secure the life-changing win amount of $23.6 million playing the slot at the Napoleon Sports & Casino site back in April 2021. In Euros, the jackpot was worth €19,430,723.60. The slot is a spin-off from the popular Mega Moolah game and was developed by Triple-Edge Studios.
The win has yet to be topped, but with progressive jackpots and slot games constantly evolving, who knows? Maybe you might just hit the jackpot the next time you take one of these slot games for a spin.
Author – Nerijus Grenda
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