Overnight Millionaires: Progressive Jackpots Special Report

When players are choosing which casino games to play, a big factor in their decisions is often whether the game has a progressive jackpot. Progressive jackpots are jackpots that increase a little with each player who plays; numbers get really big because there are usually a number of machines linked together, and the odds of hitting the jackpot are high. The jackpot climbs higher and higher until one lucky player strikes it.

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In the relatively short history of progressive jackpots at online casinos, there have been some major payouts from top name brands in the online gaming industry. And we're not talking about thousands of dollars, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. We are talking about progressive jackpots that have created millionaires overnight; $1 million jackpots, $2 million jackpots, even $6 million dollar jackpots!

Below is a list of some of the most recent and largest progressive jackpot wins over the past few years, which have literally made millionaires overnight.

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1. Party Casino - Way back in 2007 was when some of the first online casino millionaires were created. Brian Somers won over $1 million playing Super Fortune Wheel at Party Casino, just from an 18-cent spin!
2. 888 Casino - Since then, the wins of progressive jackpots have only been getting larger. In November 2012, a lucky player won £973,400 (about $1.54 million) at 888 Casino playing the online slot Ultimate Grill Thrills.
3. Playtech - In the past two years, Playtech and Net Entertainment slot games have shown the largest jackpot wins all around the world. The most recent? December 2013, when one lucky player hit the progressive jackpot on Playtech's slot game Gold Rally! The total? A whopping $6,347,118. Not too shabby, wouldn't you say?
4. Winner Casino - Then there was the Playtech progressive jackpot of €2,374,847.22 that was won on Winner Casino's Gladiator jackpot, which led Online Casino Reports to name Winner Casino as the #1 for Jackpot Payouts in 2013.
5. Playtech - Another recent Playtech won in 2012, when player Jesus M. lined up five Wilds on the online slot Global Traveler and made €1,005,000!
6. Playtech - And let's not forget Playtech's King Kong Slot, which rewarded over £5.1 to one lucky player who started out betting only £1 in spins!
7. Net Entertainment - In March 2012, a lucky Norwegian player won a Net Entertainment progressive jackpot of €3,949,866 - roughly $5.3! He won it on the highly lucrative slot game, Mega Fortune. Even more amazing - only a year before, Mega Fortune's jackpot had reached €11.7 million, and was struck by another lucky Norwegian player, making it the world's largest progressive jackpot ever won!
8. Mega Fortune - In May 2013, another Mega Fortune jackpot was won. "Only" €5.3 was won this time, but hey, I'm sure the player was happy with his winnings!