Mega Jackpots Winners

One of the intriguing facts about the big winners of jackpots is that they are not professional gamblers. In fact, these winners are ordinary people who like to make the odd bet or two at their favourite casino, usually playing their favourite game.

Winning such large jackpots is always down to luck. Often you have to be in the right place and at the right time for such a miracle win to occur. Amazingly, the biggest winners have all been through the Megabucks jackpot.

Megabucks Jackpots offer huge payouts. In fact the jackpot starts at $7 million. Megabucks is linked to more than 150 casinos in Nevada. This results in more players playing the game and therefore the jackpot is higher when it goes off. This is proof of the value of progressive jackpots and the vast amounts of money on offer are no illusion.

The biggest slot winner won $39.7 million at the Excalibur Casino. The young winner was a 25 year old from L.A. and had come to the casino after watching a college basketball tournament. The outlay was just $100. That $100 has earned him $1.5 million for the next 25 years.

Visitors to Vegas have often returned to their home as millionaires. This was certainly the case for 71 year old Amy Nishimura from Hawaii. While she confessed to having dreams about winning a fortune, she was another lucky winner than spent just $100 and won $8.9 million at the Freemont Hotel.

Another lucky winner proves that lightning does strike twice in the same place. 92 year old Elmer Sherwin had won $4.6 million at the same jackpot game in Las Vegas. 16 years later he repeated the feat, but instead of $4 million, he won $21 million which he donated to charity.