Online casino gaming can be fun and rewarding at the same time. Whether you win a couple of hundred dollars playing online Blackjack Canada casino games, or a few thousand playing slots in the USA, the thrill of winning is what online gambling is all about. But how much can you really win online? For some lucky people, progressive slots have paid out millions from a single bet. We take a look at the largest progressive jackpots paid out to date.
11.1 Million Mega Moolah
You might be surprised to find out that one of the largest progressive jackpots to be paid out was won by a New Zealand man called Rawiri Pou in June of 2016. The young Maori man was playing the popular progressive slots Mega Moolah at a locally based online casino. After just a few minutes of play, Pau was astounded when he managed to trigger the progressive Mega jackpot of a whopping NZ$10,144,395.82. When asked how he was going to spend his money, Pau simply said he would start by spoiling his family.
11.2 Million in Australia
Just across the Tasman, In April 2016, an Australian man was playing Microgaming’s Dark Knight progressive jackpot slot. The game which has now been discontinued due to licensing issues was based on the popular film of the same name. It featured 5 reels and 243 ways to win. After slugging it out for a while, the Australian man managed to trigger the Mega jackpot payout of a massive AU$10,423,223.
11.6 Million Hall of Gods Win
In 2012, a Swedish woman became the biggest online casino jackpot winner in the country when she won a massive €7.6 million (NZ$ 11.6 million) playing Hall of Gods. When she was interviewed about her incredible win, the woman was unable to believe her good fortune. With her winnings, she planned on paying off all her loans, her house and buying a new car.
12.2 Million Mobile Pokie Win
While online slots hold the record for the most payouts, that is not to say that mobile pokies don’t have anything to offer. On the 28th of August 2016, an unknown player with the initials D.P struck it lucky playing the progressive mobile slots Mega Moolah. The amount paid out was an impressive €7.9 million. No other information was released about the player except to say that they were playing on their iPad at the time.
The Biggest Win in History
The largest progressive jackpot win of all time was won on the 20th of January 2013. A man in Finland was playing Net Entertainment’s Mega Fortune progressive slots at a Scandinavian based online casino. After placing a miniscule 25 cent bet, the man managed to trigger the biggest progressive jackpot ever seen. With that single bet, the man pulled in a life-changing €17.86 million.
In addition to winning the cash, the man was entered into the Guinness Book of Records for having won the largest online slots machine payout. Incredibly his win also goes down as the smallest stake to win such a huge amount of money. The odds of him winning the jackpot at the time was an incredible 71.2 million-to-one.
