Record Breaking Megah Moolah Jackpot Won by British Soldier
The Megah Moolah Jackpot that almost every avid slot player has been trying to hit has finally been won! Prior to the win event, the pooled money just kept growing and ready for the taking. It was only a question of when and who would win the progressively growing pot money.
The answers to those questions finally came last Friday as Microgaming has confirmed the win and has identified the lucky winner as Jonathan Heywood of Crewe, Cheshire. A 26-year old British soldier regarded as an Afghanistan war veteran. Jonathan hit the massive and life-changing £13,213,838.68 Megah Moolah jackpot a few minutes after midnight last October 07, 2015.
Jon initially kept his win under wraps for three days and continued to report for work, even after Betway Casino confirmed that he has indeed become an overnight multi-millionaire, hours after the win.
Jon’s win surpassed the previous record highest progressive jackpot ever won, which was the €17,861,813 won in 2013 from NetEnt’s Mega Fortune Progressive slot. The £13,213,838.68 Jon won was equivalent to €17,879,645, as the euro-to-pound exchange rate stood at € 1.3531 at the time of the win.
Jonathan, who has had his fair share of life’s woes still, could not believe that he is the lucky person to have won the much-coveted Mega Moolah jackpot. When asked by the Betway people on how he plans to spend the money, he said his first spend is for the best possible medical treatment for his father. As it is, Jon’s father needs a heart and lung transplant in order to get better.
It is the most important thing to the British soldier, who said that he is willing to give all the money back if it meant making his father healthy again. The 26-year old Briton said that family comes first, and is in fact planning to send relatives off to a Mediterranean vacation cruise.
Jon said he is trying his best not to get carried away but being the Formula 1 fan that he is, he is thinking of buying a yellow Bentley Continental Grand Tourer (GT). The fortunate winner of the largest online progressive jackpot ever won said he never dreamt of owning a Bentley, not even the possibility of driving one.
Microgaming’s Mega Moolah millionaire-maker is a 5-reel, 25 payline progressive slot that can be played for a minimum coin value of 0.01 up to 0.05 per payline. Apparently, Jonathan opted for the 0.01 coin value and played all 25 paylines, since a 25 pence bet had accordingly led to his record-breaking win. The Megah Moolah Progressive jackpot can be won via a Spin Wheel that is randomly activated during the slot’s bonus game. The pot money starts with a one (1) million guaranteed seed prize that grows progressively, as more online casino customers play with the Megah Moolah slot and other Microgaming titles linked to the networked prize pool.
Alan Alger of Betway who met Jon personally the day following the Mega Moolah Jackpot win, said they are happy for Jonathon. He added that the win could not have happened to a nicer young man than Jonathan, which makes them hope that Jon will really enjoy his record-breaking win.
The CEO of Microgaming Roger Raatgever congratulated Jonathan on his historic life-changing win. He remarked that they are quite overjoyed as well that their software has produced the world’s largest ever-online progressive jackpot win. Mr. Raatgever added that their progressive jackpot network is the longest standing, setting several records since its inception. Microgaming holds the record for launching the first internet progressive jackpot back in 1998. The pioneer gaming software company also holds the record for having paid out the biggest, of which the total paid to date has reached over half a billion Euros.
