January 30, 2019 is marked with another Mega Moolah win
Microgaming has just admitted to having cashed out 20.059.287,27 coins for a Mega Moolah win. This could have been an absolute record for the progressive slot if not for one reason. According to Progressive Jackpots rules (the owner of Microgaming company) players are allowed to make cashouts with the same currency they make their bets in. The same rule is applied in most popular online casinos.
The colossal sum was scored by a Canadian, who made bets in Canadian dollars. The total sum amounts to € 13,3 million
A Zodiac Casino player hit the jackpot on January 30, 2019, while playing on his smartphone. He became the 68th millionaire in the Microgaming jackpots’ history.
David Reynolds - one of the company’s senior executives - claims that Microgaming made a single and immediate transaction for this win. What’s more, he reminds all gamblers that the next huge prize within the Microgaming network will exceed $ 1 billion and comes to be seen as the biggest one in the Microgaming history.
The jackpot won by the lucky Canadian has been accumulating for 4 months after the record-breaking payout of € 18,9 million. The maximum growth was recorded in January which lead to the total prize reach almost € 20 million. Interestingly, such video slots aren’t available in demo-versions or for no deposit bonuses. Players are allowed to use only personal deposits for the game.
2018 was marked with 6 MegaMoolah jackpots. The prize obtained on January 30 became the first huge payout in 2019. According to Zodiac Casino statistics, all the recent significant cashouts were recorded in the slot’s mobile version.
Earlier before Microgaming released an official report on the payouts in 2018. As for the ‘progressive’ network, the total amount of wins reached € 155 million; almost one-third of this sum was awarded to 9 lucky players. The network that aggregates video slots along with card and table games was created in 2006. The most popular projects of the network are Major Millions, Treasure Nile, Roulette Royale, Poker Ride, Jackpot Deuces. Each player’s bet contributes to the jackpot pool.
The success at Zodiac Casino is considered to be one of the top-3 biggest payouts for the Mega Moolah slot. The other top-3 jackpots were recorded in 2018 - € 18,9 million - and in 2015 - € 17,8 million. Frequent news about the wins makes Mega Moolah one of the most demanded video slots. According to statistics two-thirds of all Microgaming jackpots are paid out for Mega Moolah-related wins.
By the way, the 2015 Mega Moolah win entered the Guinness Book of Record as ‘the largest payout in the history of gambling’. It was John Heywood who set the record. As for the 2018 win, the name of the lucky gambler is kept in secret.