There are thousands upon thousands of online slot games out there, all clamouring for our attention. One sure-fire way for a slot to get noticed, is to offer a gigantic progressive jackpot pay-out. But many players remain sceptical. Do those jackpot sums ever really get paid out, or are they just a glorified marketing tool for the online casinos?
Well the good news is that, yes, online slot games have paid enormous jackpot sums to lucky casino players over the years. To prove it, here is our list of the top five online slot game wins of all time!
- MEGA MOOLAH – Betway Casino
The number one spot goes to a 26-year-old soldier from the UK, who won the sum of £13,209,300 (€17,879,645 or $20,062,600) when playing the Mega Moolah slot game from Microgaming. Jon Heywood had his big win in October 2015, planning to spend at least some of the cash on some nice new cars and a holiday. Due to the conversion rate between sterling and euros at the time of his win, Jon just nabbed top spot from our second-placed jackpot winner.
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- MEGA FORTUNE – Paf Casino
A bet of just 25 cents was enough for one lucky Finnish player to win an incredible €17,861,800 on the Mega Fortune game from NetEnt. His small bet in 2013 on the popular slot resulted in a win that held the top spot on this list for a couple of years. The 40-something winner opted to remain anonymous, but it is fitting that this Finnish player won on Finland's premier online casino, Paf.
- MEGA FORTUNE – Betsson Casino
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A sleepless night led one Norwegian man to try his luck on the slots at the famous Betsson Casino. There was no chance of his getting any sleep after he hit the jackpot to the tune of €11,736,375 on the same Mega Fortune game as our Finnish jackpot winner. This was also a record-holder at one stage, as the winning spin occurred in September 2011.
- MEGA FORTUNE – Folkeautomaten
Are you spotting a pattern yet? Another Mega-winner from the Mega Fortune game, this time by a 30-year-old Swede called Alexander. He scooped a sweet €8.57 jackpot from this 2015 win on the game that promises wealth and luxury: and seems to deliver!
- MEGA MOOLAH – Tipico Mobile Casino
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This $9.2 million win still holds the record for the largest mobile casino jackpot winner. This winner decided to remain anonymous, so we can only speculate as to how he or she spent their winnings in April of 2017.
As you can see from the list above, clearly it is possible to become a multi-millionaire by playing online slot games. Many more than these have managed the feat, with games such as Hall of Gods and Jackpot Giant also having produced some multi-millionaire winners over the years. NetEnt's new Mega Fortune Dreams is an update of the original release, and will surely break into that top five before too long.
For the moment, however, those two big Mega-slots from the Mega game providers of NetEnt and Microgaming are the progressive jackpot kings.
by David Ross O'Connor
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