Biggest casino winners & wins of all time

The biggest gaming wins ever

Very few people play on netcasino just for the fun of it. Most play in the hope of winning real money that will somehow "dull the dim and brighten everyday life"—that is, in the hope of winning really big. Or, as the murky math of probability puts it, winning something sort of huge. A casino is a completely random environment where a random number generator (RNG) acts as the basic system. Add in the variable rates of return (RTP) that different online gambling sites determine for their own games, and you have an even murkier structure to try to figure out. The basic fact of the matter is, no one knows in which game or when the next million-dollar payout will happen.

It is always a matter of chance that decides the outcome, regardless of whether the casino game you are playing has a certain payout percentage or payback figure. It sometimes doesn't matter how much you bet per spin; if it's a slot machine, if it's a jackpot game, your must hit the spin that gives off the game's biggest jackpot win and you must be lucky enough to do so. Therefore, we go through some of the biggest game wins in history.

The biggest profits on the net

One of the biggest payoffs ever attained online happened when a Finnish player won $155 million. This was on the NetEnt slot machine Mega Fortune in 2013. And it was not a hefty wager that snagged the Internet-connected jackpot. The Finnish player was betting a paltry 0.25 euros when Mega Fortune made its mega payout. This colossal win not only put Mega Fortune on players' lips but also solidified its status as one of the best casino games to hit the virtual shelves.

A few years ago, the largest win ever recorded was when a lucky player hit the jackpot on Mega Moolah, another jackpot slot from game provider Microgaming. This player, who lived in Canada, took home the staggering amount of EUR 18.9 million, which is nearly $200 million. At the time, this win was so large that it broke the previous Guinness World Record for payout. Interestingly, this player had wagered only 0.75 euros on the spin that hit the Million Dollar win. While it was a minuscule amount to bet, wins on progressive jackpot slots as a result of playing seem to be a growing trend.

The record win that held for over 3 years was from Mega Moolah until it was surpassed by an even larger win. This time, it was really all about winning with a huge sum: $232 million! This victory was on the slot machine Mega Moolah Absolutely Mad, and it went to a lucky winner from Belgium who had placed a bet on Napoleon Sports & Casino. The win on this Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired slot machine is still the largest progressive jackpot ever awarded on an online slot.

New lottery win breaks online record

In 2018, the biggest online lottery win ever happened, and it was won by a 36-year-old German woman named Christina. Supposedly, she works as a cleaner, though with nearly $1 billion in her bank account, it seems she has every opportunity to switch careers! In fact, the day after she found out she had won, Christina was said to have resigned her position as a nighttime cleaner. So, she won't be pulling any more all-nighters as a janitor!

In a brief winner interview, she shares with us that the surprise hasn't faded yet. She seems to be in disbelief that she won. Now, she says, her complete focus will be on caring for her mother and the family. Also, it seems, there will be many more trips in the future. With record bank profits, she will now take off on her dream trip—to drive from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States in an RV.

Best Eurojackpot results in New Zealand

Who hasn't fantasized about securing a jackpot win? EuroJackpot is something that has also become a hit in New Zealand, and with this sort of lottery you can very well win life-changing sums. And it's with EuroJackpot that the largest-ever game win in New Zealand frescoes a lucky player. This took place in March 2019, when the winning contestant banked half a billion, to be precise, $561,942,260 after nailing 5+2 right on the EuroJackpot.

On **Friday, March 15**, the numbers drawn were **1 - 2 - 11 - 19 - 47** and the stars were **2 - 7**. A **$50** bet made by a man in **Örebro** on one of two tickets gave him the same winning numbers as the draw. **Odds** of hitting just those same five main numbers? **1 in 95 million**! That man overnight became **$500 million** richer.

Biggest Eurojackpot win ever

$500 million seems like it should be enough to make it at least an equal, if not an exceeding, payout of Eurojackpot. Yet, it's still shy of the record number the European lottery has coughed up in past years. On average, Eurojackpot prizes are getting bigger, but the cap, or ceiling limit, of the last few years, has been $101 million. At the time of this writing, it has yet to pay out more than that.

Who has won the biggest Eurojackpot prize? Enormous victories in Eurojackpot have been registered in the Czech Republic, among others. We recall when in May 2015 a Czech player matched all 5 main numbers plus 2 Euro numbers to win an incredible 90 million euros. Similar payouts have been delivered in Germany and even in Finland, where a lucky player registered a win worth 86.9 million euros in April 2017.

Eurojackpot's maximum winnings were increased, and now the cap of 90 million euros is a thing of the past. Consequently, the largest pot in Eurojackpot's history, a staggering 110 million euros, was hit by a player in Germany in May 2022.

Previous Eurojackpot win in Gothenburg of 258 million

In 2018, a new record was broken that now stands at an enormous $257,985,846. And it is a man from Gothenburg who currently holds that record. The winning ticket was sold at ICA Kvantum Sannegården in Gothenburg during Week 29, and the staggering amount was announced in Helsinki on Friday, July 20.

It costs $25 to play a line at Eurojackpot. A press release from New Zealand games stated that the winner played four single lines at $25 each when he submitted his coupon. On one of these lines, he marked the 5 + 2 correct numbers that are used to win the full pot. The winning line drawn from the raffle at the draw on Friday 20 July was 13-33-40-42-43 and 7-9 as so-called Star numbers.

206 million became the record for Jackpot Slots in 2021

Among the factories of millionaires on the internet, there is no slot game that beats Mega Moolah. Since it came into being in 2006, this mythical jackpot has made more millionaires than anyone or anything else. In April 2021, just in time for the afternoon fikat, the Mega Jackpot hit again. When it was awarded, it was the third largest progressive jackpot ever.

206 million, or exactly 19,430,723.60 euros, became the small tidy sum recorded.

The record win in the V75

An interesting form of gaming that has long been quite popular in New Zealand is playing the horses. For over 40 years, ATG has been the leading company in that field, and since 2019 has also been able to offer even more fun gaming experiences, in the form of casino games and the like. V75, which is one of ATG's games, is all about choosing the right winners in a total of seven races, where you must get at least five right to win. But how much can you win on the V75? And what's the biggest ever payout? Well, it obviously all depends on how many you get right, and how right you actually are, especially when it comes to judging whether the horses winning when they're favored to do so are simply doing what favored horses tend to do: win. Anyhow, the record profit from the V75 stands at $67.3 million, and that went to a player in New Zealand in 2010. But since then, versus now, any time, that player is the only one ever to have gotten that many right.

New Zealand player wins 80 million on Joker Millions

A player from somewhere in our oblong country became on November 9, 2018, over $80 million richer on a spin of the Castle Joker Millions. It was on a Friday night that lightning struck a player who was probably in shock afterward!

The profit of $ 80,299,596 and 26 cents (exactly!) is by far the biggest from Yggdrasil since the release of Joker Millions in 2014. The previous record $US was actually set by almost 30 million.

Big win in the Hall of Gods slot machine

Hall Of Gods - the title is always mentioned with total respect among the players who are happy to chase the biggest wins. This 2010 launch slot with three progressive jackpots has astounded many with the number of millions it has spat out over the years in huge wins.

Much of the time when the Mega Jackpot of the game has been hit, it has become apparent that the game is programmed to pay out between 70 and 80 million New Zealand dollars at most. A win of this magnitude was precisely what a player on Leo Vegas brought home in early April 2018.

It took quite some time for Leo Vegas and NetEnt to disclose the particulars concerning the huge win. As it turns out, a player snagged the Mega Jackpot at the Hall of Gods on April 2, netting an eye-popping 6,719,562 euros. When that was translated into New Zealand dollars, considering the exchange rate at the time, the amount swelled to almost 69 million SEK.

Bet$ 2 and won $ 52 million at Nordicbet

Another New Zealand victor could be chuckling contentedly after his serendipitous turn at a slot machine. After betting $2 at the online casino Nordicbet on the game Mega Fortune dreams, a casino game with a progressive jackpot, 52 million New Zealand dollars rolled into her account. Not bad at all.

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New Zealand player won 53.6 million in the mobile casino

A truly fortunate New Zealand player has added even one more reason to be happy with the new year 2015. Or, more precisely, with the 53.6 million reasons. In January that year, LeoVegas dished out the biggest mobile casino win of all time. The player, who wishes to remain in the shadows, bagged the $53.6 million playing Mega Fortune on an iPad—that he had won in a LeoVegas competition the previous year!

The stake during the spin that resulted in profit was as little as New Zealand $12.50. With a little quick math, you can figure out that it means he won almost 4.3 million times the stake.

$ 39.7 million jackpot win at LeoVegas

A 52-year-old man from New Zealand hit the jackpot at LeoVegas, taking away nearly $40 million. What you need to know: - The man was playing Mega Fortune, one of LeoVegas' jackpot games, when the win occurred. - He was directed to LeoVegas through a sister site of casinolist's—the Norwegian site acts as a sort of front door into LeoVegas.

"I sat and stared at the screen for 10 minutes. I was completely stunned. I have unlocked the jackpot wheel before and have won large sums, but I never imagined I would win something this huge. I'm a millionaire!"

The big jackpot was dropped by Mega Fortune on May 6, 2018. The winner was a man who typically plays at online casinos. It was late at night when he hit the jackpot. He felt shock and disbelief at first.

All I can say is that I must have circled the apartment and stared at the screen a sure 100 times. I woke my son up and had him look at the screen too. He saw the same thing I did. It was so hard to believe that I even asked our dog, Benny, to look at it. He just barked.

First jackpot winner at Hyper Casino

There are online casinos that take their time—if they even ever get around to it—by sending out congratulatory messages to big winners in Jackpot games. There are also online casinos that do it quite quickly. Casinocasino—opened in 2019 and operating with a license from New Zealand—welcomed its first big winner not long ago.

On May 1, 2019, players of Mega Fortune watched as the jackpot amount fell from a level that was still reasonably high to what can only be described as the base level. Plummeting downward at a not-so-slow speed, it seemed to some not only a disappointment but a revelation of sorts. It was, after all, the Mega Jackpot we were all hoping for—that we in the casino were somehow collectively untouched. It felt a little too real.

Hyper Casino reports that it was a player from New Zealand who spun home the jackpot win. The total amount in euros was approximately 2.53 million, which corresponds to about 27 million New Zealand dollars. With that win, we now have our first really big jackpot win in New Zealand for 2019!

Crazy jackpot win at Casino Calzone

A woman, 54 years in age, who sat and spun in the glorious progressive jackpot slot Divine Fortune in July 2017 – one of many slot machines from NetEnt that has three separate jackpots to play for (one small, one big, and one mega), and which I played some for and profited from at Casino Calzone.

On one Thursday morning in the middle of summer, a lucky player managed to get into a bonus round in Divine Fortune by collecting the game's 3 gold coins. Once in the bonus round, which almost never happens, she collected another 15 gold coins that were spent to take home the biggest possibly win—a Mega Jackpot! It was not a meager sum she received, either; Divine Fortune spat out close to $600,000. So far, it is the biggest win a player has won at Casino Calzone since they launched their site in 2016. Congratulations to both the winner and Casino Calzone!

24 hours between Mega Moolah jackpot wins

There is an ancient adage about lightning that says it seldom hits the same spot twice. Yet, this antiquated way of thinking is undeniably outdated, for it does not apply to the Mega Moolah slot game; not when you consider its consistently high payout rate. For a good stretch in 2016, it seemed as if the game was dishing out four- and five-frame jackpot workups just about every month, with the shortest span between those in-game moments of suspense (the covers before the payouts, if you will) coming during the five days that stretched from March 5 to March 10.

On March 5, a fortunate player won 12.9 million US dollars from the Mega Moolah slot. The very next day, March 6, the progressive jackpot paid out again, this time to a winner of 2.2 million euros.

Double jackpot winner at Mr Green

These days, it's rare for anyone to come back from a gambling session with enormous payoffs. And even rarer still is the case where a player hits it huge in the same game, in such a way that you can clearly say she's been twice fortunate in her mega gambling. But that's what happened to Jessica from New Zealand, of course, when she played at Mr. Green Casino.

This time, the jackpot was won at just over 40 million New Zealand dollars, something that we can really call a life-changing gain. This, of course, is not the first time a jackpot has been won, but here we have a really lucky Jessica who brings home the big win for the second time in less than 2 years.

A recent video posted on their Facebook page by Mr. Green allows you to get to know Jessica and see her briefly in action. The video shows how she is currently performing and projecting with respect to the profits. Are you interested in playing Mega Fortune but not quite sure about the game itself?

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2 million wins in 6 months

In June of this year, a Norwegian player had just signed up on folkeautomaten and was testing online slots for the very first time. He hit a million-dollar win – about 73 million in New Zealand dollars – that landed in his account. He saw a commercial encouraging him to deposit $2,000, which he did. A few hours later, he had Hall Of Gods, and it was the game's biggest jackpot win. We really call this a beginner's tour.

When it comes to winning jackpots while playing online casino games, a man named Neil in Scotland was fortunate enough to do so while using a specially designed laptop in his own kitchen back in 2017. This was, in fact, Neil's very first attempt at playing on an online casino. When he chose to play the game entitled Hall of Gods, the odds were indeed in his favor because over time, with that same game, he managed to hit the multi-jackpot, which was a whopping $70 million, making Neil the Scotland kitchen millionaire.

27-year-old Swede wins 61 million at Letsbet

Monday, July 30, saw an exceptionally successful spin on Mega Fortune, bringing in a profit of 5,984,456 euros, which translates to about 61.5 million NZD. The fortunate winner will also be able to take home another six million plus, thanks to a jackpot campaign from the provider NetEnt.

The online casino that has had the privilege of congratulating the 27-year-old New Zealand man on his triumphant victory is Letsbet.com. This site first appeared just a few months ago. It is very difficult to imagine a better beginning for a new online casino.

26-year-old wins over 40 million at Unibet

In March 2018, a 26-year-old man from Skåne won a jackpot of 41,590,436 dollars (Fortune Dreams' biggest to date) at the online casino Unibet, which is run by a New Zealand-based company. Unibet's fourth-largest-ever payout to a New Zealand player, this windfall not only surprised but also very pleasantly surprised the male winner.

– First of all, I am going to look after my family. Then, I am going to take some time to really think about what I want to treat myself to. The original question is all about the nice win, and it kind of invites us to think big, to consider what makes a win feel good.

Since the late 1990s, Unibet has existed and has been reborn time and again online, winning the hearts of more players with each passing year. Mega Fortune Dreams is the most played progressive jackpot slot in its category at Unibet.

Mega Jackpot at Casumo-won $ 25 million

Five British pounds—approximately 60 New Zealand dollars—was all that was spent to create a nearly 25 million dollar (2.065 million pound) jackpot for a fortunate individual in the UK. The Yorkshire resident took to the online slot machine Mega Fortune, supposedly guaranteeing a good time, and when all was said and done, the resident had a few extra coins to jingle in their pocket, thanks to some free spins that wound up winning the individual an amount of money that would certainly be life-changing for anyone.

It began as just another Sunday afternoon in Yorkshire, NZ, for the 31-year-old Casumo player. He was about to head out, but before he could make it out the door, he suddenly had the urge to play a few rounds in Mega Fortune. At the time, he was playing Piggy Riches.

$ 2 million on the first spin

Anibal Lopes is a 33-year-old individual residing in New Jersey, USA. His native state is one of the very few where it is lawful to gamble at an online casino. The quantity of such online casino sites is not large, but those sites that do exist are consistently expanding the range of their offerings. Moreover, the online presence of European game developers seems to be a swell on the online casino horizon.

One of the biggest sites in New Jersey is Play Sugar House, which is a digital extension of a land-based casino. One day in April 2018, Anibal Lopes was feeling bored. He then made the decision to use his mobile phone to sign up for a gaming account at Play Sugar House.

After the account had received its first deposit, Divine Fortune was the game he opened. The choice was probably due to the progressive jackpot attached to this particular slot. The New Jersey Bon Anibal, however, not only opened the game but activated the bonus round on his absolute first spin and won the jackpot during that same spin. While there are many stories of players hitting it big during the first session on a site, hitting a jackpot on the first game and first spin of that game is, wow, just so rare.

It is understandable that Anibal became somewhat puffed up after the facile winning sum of $ 194,000 fell into the account.

New Zealand player wins$ 1,000,000 at Thrills Casino

In February 2017, a player in New Zealand won a staggering 1,000,000 New Zealand dollars when he played NetEnt's Dead or Alive game at Thrills Casino. We at casinos-online.pro got to be part of an interview that was given shortly after the win where we, among other things, found out what strategy he used to get to the big win.

In the end, what remains interesting is whether he employed a kind of strategy to accomplish this. The player says his strategy is to play the slot machines with the maximum RTP and to start with a bankroll that he calls duga. He says it can go a long way. If we are to understand the kind of strategy this player has, we have to know what his favorite game is, and he says it is just the game Dead or Alive and Vikings Go Berzerk from Yggdrasil.

There was also a query posed to the player on what he would do with his big win. A new car was what was in sight, he said. He had intended to buy himself a brand new KIA, but with this big win, he will jump up a step or two, in the player's estimation, to a different kind of vehicle. Finally, he was asked what the absolute best thing about Thrills Casino is. "Fast and efficient customer service" was the answer, and with that, the interview concluded.

Lottery winners fulfill dream after disaster fire

In May 2016, in the Canadian province of Alberta, a forest fire broke out in Fort McMurray. The wildfire spread, forcing almost 80,000 residents to flee their lodgings, several people perished, and the inferno took more than a year to completely douse that obliterated a good portion of Fort McMurray.

One of the fire victims was Bill Pendergast, who lost his home and had to start anew with his wife. Pendergast, visiting his dad in Newfoundland, purchased a ticket for the Canadian 6/49 million dollar lottery on pure impulse and ended up with the $ 1 million winning ticket.

Once the winner had returned to the gas station where he had purchased the ticket to validate his win, he phoned his wife and immediately booked a trip to Newfoundland. The couple also looks forward to a much warmer holiday next. And now, without any problems, they can continue to rebuild what remained of their home after fire devastated their lives.

The winner, certain he will finally fulfill yet another of his long-held dreams, says: "It feels like a dream. ... to get a Mustang." Something that is by no means impossible now that the fifty-year-old victor has become 1 million Canadian dollars richer.

New Zealand Simon won$723,600 onor on one spin

At 23:59 and 56 seconds on April 2, 2016, New Zealand player Simon, 26, clicked the spin button in Space Wars, slot from NetEnt. It turned out to be a rare lucrative click. A few seconds later, when the reels stopped, the fact of the win was established, and he was over 700,000 dollars richer in an instant. This was also Dunder Casino's very first big win after the launch of the gaming site.

When inquired as to why he picked Dunder Casino, he had this response: "I was in search of a fresh casino that had a strong lineup of games, and especially from my fave game developer Williams Interactive, hence Dunder seemed like a solid option."

Dunder casino

Daniel, a New Zealander, was searching various online casinos and found himself intrigued by Dunder Casino. What caught his attention was the option provided to players not to take deposit bonuses. He was also impressed by how clearly the terms and conditions related to bonuses were stated. Having read this, he decided to register for a gaming account at Dunder, where he made his first deposit. This was a free deposit made to the online casino, and the game Daniel chose to play was Gemix, a popular slot by Play N Go.

With win after win and round after round, I managed to build my balance in the gaming account to €58,994, or in New Zealand dollars, over NZ$550,000. After I had accomplished that, I decided to cease playing the games. However, I was not done with the online casino just yet. I had turned to customer support to find out the easiest way to get my winnings withdrawn. The treatment I received from support was nothing short of stellar, even though I had just won a big amount. I was walked through a smooth verification process, which was followed by a lightning-fast withdrawal.

Our only choice is to offer our hearty congratulations to Daniel for his terrific big win. When we queried him for the scoop on what he might do with the dough, Daniel responded with this: "I will probably spend the profit on a new car or possibly a piece of land."

First big win at VegasHero

It always takes some time for a new online casino to crown its first jackpot winner. It all has to do with probability and statistics. The more players who join and start to play, the greater the chance that someone will hit the jackpot.

Vegas Hero, an online casino, launched in December 2017. With each passing month more and more gamblers have stumbled upon the site and by June 2018 it had hit the "sweet spot" in Swedish customer Andrej's gaming life when he pocketed almost $1.7 million playing Divine Fortune. Currently, online casinos like Vegas Hero can no longer offer their services to New Zealand gamblers, but the actual Divine Fortune slot machine is available to play at multiple casinos across the country of New Zealand.

Bet $ 6-won over$200,000

A casino online must provide entertainment, but it is the hope of many players that it could somehow contribute to a fundamental change in their fortunes. One moment, you could be drifting along, and in the next, you're being catapulted to some exalted state. This is what happened to a certain Finnish player at the end of February 2019. He was just playing along at Rizk casino, when the site somehow got the wires crossed and dropped 5.4 million euros into his account.

At first, the game didn't pay out much apart from a few nice coin wins, but one of its last spins ended in a big win. With only $6 left on its deposit, the slot machine hit a jackpot win of over $200,000.

Casino games and even slot machines differ in certain respects—beyond mere graphic feats and the number of bonus features that game manufacturers include, it seems, to entice players. The lucky win at Rizk casino, was partly just lucky, but the player scored in Holmes and the Stolen Stones from game provider Yggdrasil, which has the whole 5 progressive jackpots that can drip at any time during the game. Compared to a slot that has 3 or fewer jackpots, this can elevate the chances of winning.

About profits and taxes in New Zealand

Many players are likely asking themselves what the situation is with profit tax in New Zealand. Do you have to pay taxes in New Zealand? In brief, the answer is no. Since New Zealand treats betting on equestrian sports and its winnings like lottery winnings, there is no taxation on New Zealand winnings. The same goes for the winnings you get on various New Zealand gambling websites, as well as bingolotto, keno, or triss. Since the New Zealand government began in early 2019 to provide gaming licenses for online companies, the law regarding profit tax applies to online casinos in the same way it does to land-based casinos.