Throughout the history of gambling, numerous high-stakes endeavors have resulted in gamblers securing the largest prizes ever witnessed. Presented below are some of the most significant jackpots in gambling history.
THE BIGGEST SLOTS JACKPOTS
$27.582.539
15 November 1998, Megabucks casino. The largest Jackpot ever won at “one-armed bandit” was $27.582.539 and went to a 60-year-old resident of Las Vegas.
$4.6 million
Elmer Sherwin, a World War II vet was 76 when he won a $4.6 million Megabucks Jackpot, a mere 10 hours after The Mirage opened to the public.
$8.9 million
Freemont Hotel, $8.9 million. A 71-year-old Amy Nishimura won her Jackpot after 3 hours with less than 100 dollars while on vacation from her home in Hawaii.
$39 million
Excalibur Casino. An unknown 25-year-old man from Los Angeles won more than $39 million while waiting for a basketball game.
$680.0000
The Palace Station Hotel, a 60-some-odd-year-old woman won $680.000 on “The Wheel of Fortune” machine.
$11 million
1996, a postal worker John Tippin went on vacation to Vegas and hit the Megabucks Jackpot of $11 million.
THE BIGGEST BLACKJACK AND BACCARAT WINS
1997, Kerry Packer, an Australian, won somewhere between $20 and $40 million in Blackjack and Baccarat in Vegas.
THE BIGGEST POKER JACKPOT
1996, Huck Seed, a professional poker player from Las Vegas, won $2.3 million at the 27th annual World Championship.
THE BIGGEST LOTTERY JACKPOT
April 1999, Maria Grasso, a nurse from Boston (Massachusetts, USA), won the Jackpot in the lottery of Massachusetts. The largest-ever lottery prize was $197 million.
THE BIGGEST HORSE RACING JACKPOT
Niv.30, 1929, in the races at Haydock Park, a horse named Cool came first. A 49-cent bet made based on 3410:1 brought Katherine Ensuort (UK) $1659.
THE BIGGEST ONLINE JACKPOTS EVER
The largest online winning is $1.4 million (Roulette in William Hill)
The second largest is $1.2 million (Carribean Poker).
A jackpot is truly the best gambling prize for all gamblers. To hit the Jackpot is the main desire and a great challenge for everyone, but these lucky people did manage to hit it.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
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