Biggest Casino Winners of 2008

Some online casinos offer progressive jackpots; sometimes as many as 10, 13 or even 18 of them. The prizes at these gaming machines reach much higher sums.

Progressive jackpots are networked across online casinos so that their prize grows not by a small amount for every game you play, but by larger amount for every game anyone plays. The running jackpot meter grows, and grows, until its won.

Major Winnings
The sums won reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, and occasionally reach the millions.

The 4 million dollar mark was crossed twice in 2008. Joyland Casino turned Canadian Sylvia P into a multi-millionaire in August of 2008. Sylvia won a progressive jackpot and collected $4,188,719 when playing the Beach Life Progressive Jackpot slot machine.

The 5 million dollar mark was crossed earlier in 2008, when Microgaming's Mega Moolah turned one lucky player into one lucky millionaire. Klaus E. from X played the game at Jackpot Ballroom in April, 2008. The total sum reached $5,556,753.

The Mega Moolah slot, a video slot that is 5-reels, has created quite a few millionaires in the past. It is reported to have paid out over 200 million dollars in jackpots to date. Starting at a million dollars, the game assures a millionaire with every time it resets.