Rawiri Pou
In 2016, player Rawiri Pou from New Zealand decided to play the Mega Moolah Progressive Slots. It was June 17 of that year when he hit a whopping NZ $10,144,395.82 or roughly US$7.4 million.
Mr. Pou was in shock and completely overwhelmed when this happened. He even found the amount too big to comprehend. During an interview, he expressed that he’ll most likely spend it on his family as he has very close ties with them.
D.P On Ipad
It’s typical that some of these winners prefer to remain anonymous. It’s just the safe thing to do. On August 28, 2016, a female player with the initials D.P. won €7.9 million ($8.82 million) by winning Mega Moolah’s jackpot.
Her story became popular and it did not take long before a book inspired by her story was released. What’s incredible is that she only had to deposit one dollar to get this amazing win.
A cute backstory is that she really hoped to be a millionaire before she became one. She was so determined that there was a time when she wrote herself a check for $1 million and stuck it on her room’s wall.
Insomniac Student
A student from Norway pocketed €11,736,228 or around US$13.3 million in 2011 when played a progressive slot game on Betsson.com. He was having a hard time sleeping at the time he decided to play.
What made him win this jackpot were his free spins after playing a few games on the said website. And surely, he did not get any sleep after knowing the amount that he won.
A Finnish Man’s 25-Cent Bet
Hold on to your seat as you may go crazy over learning that a man on his 40s who placed a 25-cent bet on another slot machine got €17,861,800 or around US$24 million in return.
Jonathan Heywood
British soldier Jonathan Heywood from the United Kingdom won an unbelievable amount of £13.2 million or about US$17.2 million in 2015. It was reported that he has only opened a Betway account 25 minutes before this win.
He shared on an interview that he plans on getting a Bentley Continental GT for himself and take his relatives on a Mediterranean cruise.