When UK player Jon Heywood won the Mega Jackpot, he scooped an astounding amount of £13,213,838.68. This literally means that with this win Jon Heywood has the biggest Guinness world record Blackjack Winning Stories 2015 and in all online gaming’s ever recorded.
With a 25p bet in hand, the 26-year-old Cheshire Soldier became an instant millionaire as of 6th October 2015.
With evidence of the win being produced by both Microgaming and Betway for an approval process, Guinness world record has confirmed that the Jackpot winner indeed is Jon. Guinness world record spokesman on the matter said: “With an exceptional Stroke of good luck, Jonathan Heywood has recorded the largest payout in online slot machine game of £13,213,838.68 (€17,879,645.12) while playing the Mega Moolah.”
Roger Raatgever, the CEO of Microgaming, added saying “With the news of Jon Heywood’s grand Jackpot win in October, this is one of the most amazing blackjack winning stories 2015 to be recorded. With the fact that we have achieved and surpassed many industry records through the years, a Guinness world record is not only a proud moment but a special moment for all”.
He finished saying “By this win, we have cemented our position as the largest progressive jackpot site, amongst all others in the industry”.However, with the Guinness record and biggest slots machine winnings stories 2015 made by the 26-year-old British soldier, Mega Moolah has been making winners since 2008.
With many wondering as to why Mega Moolah gives the biggest slots winnings and even got the Guinness world record, the simple answer is because it has no limit.
This is with the fact that it is completely a random game, meaning that the progressive fund grows and anyone can win if the spin made is qualified. In this case, the previous largest notable winning story of 2015 was a Canadian player Klaus while playing the Blackjack Ballroom Casino.
After receiving the casino installation disc, he decided to give it a try spinning a few times using bets worth only 0.50 cents before hitting the Jackpot. The amount won in April was a whooping CAD $7.5m. This further supports the fact that due to it being random, the time limit was only a few months from April 2015 to October 2015 when the new record was recorded.
Prior biggest winning was recorded back in 2014 by a player going by the name I.R. in November, banking $3.3m.With Jonathan Heywood biggest winner, it is difficult to know when a new record will be set again.
However, with more players and spinning reels contributing to the progressive funds that are won in the end, the next payouts expected is going to be much bigger than most people expected. With smaller winnings recorded of $10,000 and more, the reality is many are actually willing to play to hit the progressive jackpot.
Still with the jackpots winning record, every new player or existing player knows the standards and the amount that they can win. Literally meaning that it will not be long before many more players play, raising the progressive funds,even more, resulting in bigger winnings.
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