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Largest Casino Jackpot Winners

Photo of Trinadad Torres courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.

Biggest Casino Winners

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Admit it. You have the same dream we do.

Everything conspires and you find yourself in the right place at the right time – seated in front of a Megabucks slot machine that’s primed and ready to hit. You push the button (of course, pulling a lever would be more dramatic, but this is 2015 and the one-armed bandit has gone the way of the horse and buggy). The logos on the reels all line up. And then the moment you’ve been waiting for finally arrives…you realize you’re a millionaire.

Correction: A multimillionaire.

IGT’s Megabucks has been paying out ginormous life-changing jackpots for almost 20 years. Its slogan is “Dream big. Win big.”

A network of slot machines linked throughout Nevada, Megabucks boasts a top prize that builds from a base amount of $10 million. To play it costs $1 a spin, but to quality for that top amount you’ll have to shell out $3. That sounds pretty steep, we know. But trust us, if you hit Megabucks with only a buck or two invested, you’ll leave with a jackpot in the thousands instead of millions. And just imagine trying to live with that.

As you’d expect, Megabucks lays claim to having paid the largest slot jackpots in Vegas history. It last hit here in mid March at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The lucky winner was Trinadad Torres, a 78-year-old woman from Magna, Utah. She played $100 before netting the $10,744,292.71 jackpot. Her plans include traveling to the Philippines and buying a yellow Mustang.

While nothing to sneeze at, Torres’ windfall just misses placing her on our list below of the 10 biggest slot jackpots ever won in Sin City.

Photo of Excalibur courtesy of MGM Resorts International.

Jackpot amount: $39,710,826.36
When: March 21, 2003
Where:Excalibur

More than 12 years ago, a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles, who wanted to remain anonymous (and who can blame him?), hit the city’s largest slot jackpot after playing $100 on a Megabucks machine. A C-note in return for nearly $40 million…now that’s what we’d call a damn good investment.

Photo of Cynthia Jay-Brennan at the Desert Inn courtesy of Ethan Miller / Las Vegas Sun.

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Jackpot amount: $34,959,458.56
When: Jan. 26, 2000
Where: Desert Inn (imploded in phases in 2001 and 2004 to make room for Wynn Las Vegas)

Gobs bigger than any tip she’d received, cocktail waitress Cynthia Jay-Brennan, then 37 years old, hit the second largest Megabucks slot jackpot in Vegas (at that time it was the city’s highest Megabucks payout). But her story took a tragic turn when her car was rear-ended about six weeks later by a drunk driver. Her older sister Lela died in the accident, and Jay-Brennan was left paralyzed.

Photo of Palace Station courtesy of Station Casinos.

Jackpot amount: $27,580,879.60
When: Nov. 15, 1998
Where:Palace Station

Ignoring your budget isn’t always a bad thing. Just ask the then 67-year-old retired flight attendant from Vegas who racked up the city’s third largest Megabucks slot payout. She’d only intended to play $100 at Palace Station that day, but wound up putting $300 in…and we’re pretty she doesn’t regret overspending one bit.

Jackpot amount: $22,621,229.74
When: May 27, 2002
Where:Bally’s

How does that old expression go? The early bird catches…the $22.6 million slot jackpot. Well, that’s how Johanna Heundl (then 74 years old) of Covina, California, might remember it. She was on her way to breakfast when she decided to stop and play a Megabucks machine. Having looked away for a moment, she couldn’t believe her eyes when she turned back and saw all the logos aligned in the payline.

Photo of Caesars Palace courtesy of Caesars Entertainment.

Jackpot amount: $21,346,952.22
When: June 1, 1999
Where:Caesars Palace

An Illinois man, then 49 years old and described as a “self-employed business consultant,” put a $10 bill into a Megabucks machine at the Roman-themed property and hit this whopping multimillion-dollar slot jackpot on his first spin. Here’s what we want to know: Is he still consulting? Can we hire him to help us get into the business of being millionaires?

Jackpot amount: $21,147,947
When: Sept. 15, 2005
Where:Cannery Casino Hotel

One man, two times a Megabucks winner. What are the odds? They’ve got to be astronomical. Certainly, anyone would be happy to score a single multimillion-dollar slot jackpot. But not everyone is Elmer Sherwin. A frequent Vegas visitor, Sherwin hit his first Megabucks jackpot of $4.6 million at The Mirage back in 1989. It was a sign of even better things to come. Sixteen years later, at the age of 92, that lucky son of a gun (kidding, we’re not jealous…really) did it again, adding another $21.1 million to his bank account.

Photo courtesy of the M Resort.

Jackpot amount: $17,329,817.80
When: Dec. 14, 2012
Where:M Resort

Oh, the best things in life are free…especially when they lead to a $17.3 million jackpot. A Las Vegas woman stopped by the M Resort in Henderson to gamble with her “free play” credits and enjoy a meal with some dining vouchers. Before she knew it, she’d become a multimillionaire.

Photo of “Rampart Lucky Local” courtesy of the Rampart Casino.

Jackpot amount: $14,282,544.21
When: Nov. 30, 2014
Where: Rampart Casino

Late last year a Las Vegas man put $20 in a Megabucks slot machine at the Summerlin-area Rampart Casino. Within five minutes he’d hit a jackpot worth $14.2 million. His plans were altruistic (unlike ours). The man, dubbed the “Rampart Lucky Local,” said he would make a donation to his church. The church, which had been holding services in a high school gym, can now have its own location built.

Photo of Aria courtesy of MGM Resorts International.

Jackpot amount: $12,769,933
When: Jan. 21, 2011
Where:Aria

A woman visiting her niece in Vegas decided to drop $6 in a Megabucks slot machine before heading back to her room. Her reaction when the winning symbols lined up: “The machine broke.” Luckily, her niece was there to clarify things. We think we should book a room at Aria because about four months after that jackpot occurred, another Megabucks jackpot hit at the resort for $10,636,897. Talk about lightning striking twice!

Photo of New York-New York courtesy of MGM Resorts International.

Jackpot amount: $12,510,549.90
When: April 14, 1997
Where:New York-New York

New York-New York opened its doors on Jan. 3, 1997. Perhaps due to a little of the “city that never sleeps” magic, Vegas resident Suzanne Henley made her fortune at the Big Apple-themed megaresort just a few months later. On her way home from work, she stopped in to play a Megabucks machine – one that she’d had an inkling might hit. Henley waited in line an hour before she could play. And at 1:44 a.m., after putting $100 in, her diligence paid off…to the tune of more than $12.5 million.

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While slots are easy to play, and allow low stakes, they have been the source of some of the the biggest jackpots at Betwinner. The introduction of progressive jackpots further increased the amount of money a player can win exponentially; causing players to be able to win huge jackpots of up to millions of dollars, from both land and online-based casinos. This is contrary to the belief held by a large number of people that suggests that the gambling system is designed to prevent people from winning in the long run.

The following include a list of ten of the biggest jackpots wins in casino history:

MGM Grand (Las Vegas, NV): Kerry Packer was an Australian Billionaire (one of the richest people in his country at the time of his death), with a net worth of $6.5 billion. One evening in Las Vegas, he decided to play baccarat and blackjack out of curiosity, which won him between $20 and $40 million. The exact amount is unknown, as he had several large amount wins.

Excalibur (Las Vegas, NV): In March 2003, a twenty-five-year old engineer traveled from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to cheer his basketball team. A few hours before the match, the young engineer decided to play at the skit machines in Excalibur. After spending up to $100 on the slot machine, he hit jackpot. He had won an ephemeral $39,713,982.25. He kept his name secret, and requested that the casino pay him approximately $1.5 million every year.

Palace Station (Las Vegas, NV): Stubbornness is an important factor in winning slots games, and it was especially true for a 60-year old woman who won $680,000 from the Wheel of Fortune gaming machine. This elderly woman invested all the winnings into her gaming activity–as she kept visiting the establishment. Before long, her investments yielded huge profits, as she won the jackpot at the Megabucks slots, with winnings of above $27 million.

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Mirage (Las Vegas, NV): While it is extremely difficult to win up to a million dollars, a number of people have done it more than once. One such person is Elmer Sherwin, a veteran of World War II, and a 76-year old man at the time of his first jackpot of $4.6 million, ten hours after the opening of the casino. Elmer spent the money on a world tour, after which he continued to visit gambling venues regularly, twice a week. Sixteen years after his first winning, he hit the jackpot again at the same place, except this is much bigger. He had won $21 million. He spent the majority of this winning on charity, towards those affected by hurricane Katrina.

Caesar, Borgata, and Tropicana Casinos (Atlantic City): Between December, 2010 and April, 2011, Don Johnson won $15 million at three different casinos in Atlantic City with his luck and skills, which earned him the nickname “The Killer from Atlantic City.” He won $4.23 million at the Caesar casino, $5 million dollars at the Borgata gambling casino, and $5.8 million at a twelve-hour session at Tropicana casino.

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Gold Coast (Las Vegas, NV): A postal official, John Tippin, traveled to Las Vegas for vacation in 1996, where he set a world record by winning the Megabucks jackpot of $12 million. Thereafter, he embarked on spending on beautiful women and luxurious vehicles. Five years later, John published a book titled “I did it! My Life After Megabucks,” where he detailed the story of how he went from a multi-millionaire to a loser and an alcoholic.

Fremont (Las Vegas, NV): Amy Nishimura, an elderly Hawaii dweller, said: “Need money? Ask, and it will be given to you.” Amy had traveled to Las Vegas for the holidays when she got attracted to a game machine, which she said seemed alive to her. Without any gambling tricks and tips, she moved closer to the machine, and began to talk to it, explaining that she needed money and seeking luck. Thereafter, she dropped less than $100 coin. Three hours later, Amy Nishimura had hit a jackpot of $8.9 million.

Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort (Chester, WV): On June 7, 2006, Beverly Whitten had recently retired after a 38-year teaching career, and probably thought her life was near its end. About a week later, she played a slot machine titled “Golden Chambers” for two hours and won the jackpot with up to $3,718,311 in winnings. Beverly had no idea how and where to spend the money, so she requested that the casino pay her in installments, with a sum of $1,945 per month.

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Fifty London Casino (London): In line with the statement, “the rich get richer,” Mike Ashley, the English billionaire and owner of the Newcastle United Football Club visited a famous casino, Fifty, in 2008, where he decided to spend only 15 minutes of his time playing roulette. Ashley declared to everyone present that he would bet only once–on the number 17, which ended up winning him $1.6 million dollars.

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Monte Carlo Casino (Monaco): Charles Wells is a well-known roulette player who dream about wealth and popularity all his life. He spent all the money he had on roulette, until he won 1 million Francs. In July 1981, Charles went to play roulette wheel at Monte Carlo, after he had taken a loan from the bank on the secrets of his famous invention. He played for eleven hours during which he was able to break the bank twelve times.