Mega Moolah Hit For CAD 25 Million

Two weeks ago the monstrous Mega Moolah progressive jackpot was hit when the ticker stood at 13,213,838.68. The winner was a 26 year old British soldier named Jonathon Heywood from Cheshire in the United Kingdom. But the win had an oblique Canadian connection. It eclipsed the earlier record for the Mega Moolah jackpot that was held by a Canadian player.

Heywood was playing at the Microgaming powered Betway Casino when he won the windfall payment of £13,213,838.68, which in Canadian dollars works out to over 25 million. He did this from a bet of only 25p. Heywood received the full amount in a single check. Like all big winners he was asked how he would spend the mind boggling amount. First on his list is the best possible medical treatment for his father. Heywood said, “Family comes first and I'd give all this money back for him to be healthy again.” The next item on his list is again for family. Heywood wants to treat all his relatives to a Mediterranean cruise. Finally with this kind of jackpot the winner also deserves something special. Jonathan intends to buy his dream car - a yellow Bentley Continental GT.

Heywood was not the only one who was overjoyed. Microgaming CEO, Roger Raatgever, was just as thrilled as he stated in an interview following the big payout. He congratulated Heywood on his success and said, “I'm absolutely overjoyed that our software has generated the world's largest ever online jackpot win.” The stretch between two Mega Moolah hits was the longest ever this time. On an average the progressive jackpot registers a hit of around 12 weeks. It was over 26 weeks before this one when the Canadian player won CAD 7,561,766 from a Microgaming powered mobile casino. That win was in itself then the record for the biggest single win on Mega Moolah.

The moment Jonathon Heywood triggered the massive prize pot, the Mega Moolah jackpot reset to its seed amount of 1 million. What a shock it must have been for players on any of the five video slots attached to this network. They saw 13 million slipping out of their hands. But online casino players are large hearted and soon must have rejoiced in Heywood’s good fortune. Mega Moolah has started rising, but it will be a few weeks before it picks up steam. But do not wait too long. Progressive jackpots are fickle and who knows, the next hit may be for only a few million.

Online Casino Articles

A listing of the newest online casino & gambling related articles that have been added to Canadian Casino Sites can be found featured in the listing below.

More Articles