Gambling slot machines are an enormous cash spinner for everyone on the web and land-based gambling clubs. A huge number of dollars are spent by players on these slot games each year, which is the reason they are likewise the games that convey the greatest successes and the biggest wins. Here is a rundown of 10 of the greatest payouts ever recorded from slots.
#1- 25-Year-Old Anonymous Player Wins Millions
Winning- $39,710,826
The current biggest gambling slot jackpot win ever was recorded on 21st March 2003. It was won by a mysterious 25-year-old PC programming engineer from Los Angeles who was playing on the popular Megabucks game.
By betting $100 into the slot that was situated at the Excalibur Casino ground, the fortunate player hit out the $39.7 million jackpot prize!
#2- Waitress from Las Vegas Wins Megabucks
Winning- $34,955,489
Again one of the highest payouts was seen on 26th January 2000, when $35 million Megabucks’ Jackpot was won by a cocktail waitress from Las Vegas. It was a fortunate night for Cynthia Jay and it happened at the Desert Inn in Sin City.
Heartbreakingly, only a month and a half after her enormous jackpot win, an alcoholic driver caused an accident that left Cynthia Jay incapacitated and killed her sister.
#3- 67-Year-Old Lady Wins Jackpot Twice!
Winning- $27,580,879
During a playing session on the Megabucks slot machine at the Palace Station, an unknown 67-year old lady hit the huge number of winnings on November 15, 1998. She put $300 into the slot before inevitably hitting the $27.6 million jackpot prize.
It wasn’t her first enormous jackpot win either. She’d recently landed $680,000 when playing the Wheel of Fortune slot game at the old Palace Station.
#4- Sudden Win of $22.6 Million at Breakfast!
Winning- $22,618,156
Breakfast is the most significant feast of the day. Johanna Heundle from Covina, California, can vouch for this.
On 27th March 2002, she was headed to have breakfast at Bally’s in Las Vegas when she chose to have a game on the Megabucks gambling slot machine. After betting $170 in the slot before winning the $22.6 million jackpot win. For a moment after winning such a big jackpot, she thought she won just $2 million; however, in the meanwhile receiving the prize, she figured out she had misread the winning amount!
#5- The Mysterious Man Wins Million by $10 Bet
Winning- $21,346,952
On 1st June of 1999, a mysterious man from Illinois won $21.3 million on the Megabucks slot at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The 49-year-old businessman just required a $10 wager to hit the huge jackpot prize in a single spin! Unfortunately, there is no news of that mysterious man or what he has done with that money after his big winning at the slot
#6- Old Elmer Sherwin Wins His 2nd Jackpot after 16 Years
Winning- $21,147,947
It is said lightning doesn’t strike twice on the same pole yet on 15th September of 2005, it did. While playing a slot machine in Las Vegas, 92-year old Elmer Sherwin pulled off a close to inconceivable accomplishment by hitting her second multi-million dollar jackpot win.
Sherwin’s first jackpot win was in 1989 at the Hallucination when he won $4.6 million. Quick forward 16 years and this time Sherwin set off $21.1 million on the Megabucks slot machine at the Cannery Club in Sin City.
#7- 1st Canadian Player to Make a Fortune by Winning $20Million
Winning- $20,057,734
Lady luck favored an unknown Canadian player on 30th January in 2019, when they hit the $20 million mega jackpot on the famous Mega Moolah slot at Zodiac online gambling club.
It was a record-breaking slots’ win for a Canadian player on the web. It was just a matter of time another player set a world record in this same online slot again.
#8- Mega Moolah Jackpot Prize Breaks Guinness World Record
Winning- €18,915,721
As we referred to earlier, the famous mainstream progressive jackpot slot game, Mega Moolah had a record. On 28th September in 2018, an unknown player won the €18.9 million jackpot prize on Mega Moolah. This winning amount broke the official Guinness World Record for the biggest jackpot prize ever acquired on the web.
#9- Huge Jackpot Won from NetEnt’s Mega Fortune
Winning- €17,860,868
One of the most prominent online jackpots wins took place on 30th January 2013, when a mysterious player won €17.9 million playing on the NetEnt created Mega Fortune online slot at Paf Club. The gigantic jackpot prize indicated exactly how mainstream online slots were turning out to be and how popular was it among players.
#10- The UK Player Jon Haywood Wins Millions from Mega Moolah
Winning- £13,212,882
Once again the life-changing online slot, Mega Moolah had delivered a huge winning to a UK player, Jon Heywood. He triggered the mega progressive jackpot on 6th October in 2015. He won £13.2 million at the Bet-way gambling club.
