Microgaming is one of the best-known online pokie providers in the world, and the company has made history a number of times with several different innovations. Now, the company will be entering the Guinness Book of World Records, after one lucky player has cashed in on a jackpot worth $19 651 678 million!
It is the biggest online pokie jackpot that has ever been awarded, and will earn the title of ‘largest ever jackpot payout in an online slot machine’. This lucrative prize beats the record that was set by Net Entertainment’s Mega Fortune jackpot in 2013, when a lucky player from Finland cashed in on a prize worth $19 632 079.
The different is only about $20 000 – but, it is certainly enough to knock Net Entertainment out of the top position. “I’m pleased to confirm that the Guinness World Records title for the largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game , which was won by Jonathan Heywood, while playing Microgaming’s Mega Moolah,” says a spokesperson for Guinness World Records.
The lucky winner is a player name Jon Heywood, from Cheshire, United Kingdom. He was incredibly lucky when cashing in on this life-changing win, as he had only deposit $50 was placing small bets worth less than a dollar each. After just seven minutes of spinning the reels on Mega Moolah, he had earned the multi-million dollar prize!
Mega Moolah is known as one of the world’s most generous progressive jackpots, as it regularly offers players prizes worth millions of dollars. The game offers up a multi-level progressive jackpot network, so even if you don’t cash in on the grand prize, you can still win smaller jackpots worth thousands. This news will undoubtedly draw players to the Mega Moolah progressive pokie game.
So, you can expect to see the jackpot climb even higher this time around!
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