A new customer at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City has won a million-dollar jackpot on his first visit. The casino resort announced this in a post on X a few weeks ago. But on which slot machine and at what stake did the player's luck strike?
The lottery actually makes millionaires much more often than is generally believed: every year in Germany alone, more than 100 people are delighted to receive a seven-figure sum from the country's most popular game of chance. However, the prize won by a Duisburg resident on 9 July stands out clearly. He now has almost 100 million euros, believe it or not!
With a lottery win of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of euros, the doors are wide open for the purchase of many beautiful things. A study initiated by the EuroJackpot, which focuses on recording unpopular investments from lottery winnings, has produced some interesting results: yachts, works of art, beauty surgeries and other ‘classics’ are out!
The Eurojackpot is the biggest lottery in Europe. Top prizes of up to 120 million euros are regularly played out here. Now the community of participating nations and lottery companies continues to grow: Greece was recently accepted as the 19th member.
In the past two weeks, two impressive casino jackpots have been won in southern Germany. Firstly, a player won the jackpot of over 110,000 euros late at night at Casino Baden-Baden. A few days later, the Bavarian jackpot of almost 620,000 euros was also hit at the Bad Steben casino.
After all, every player knows that it is very unlikely that they, of all people, will win a jackpot in a casino or online casino. But if it happens that people are struck by lightning, then there's a good chance that winning a jackpot could change your life in one fell swoop, isn't there? But which of the two is more likely?
At the end of December last year, probably the biggest jackpot of all time was won in an online casino. The lucky player is said to have won around $42 million on a $50 cryptocurrency wager. But on which slot machine and in which online casino did luck strike?
After almost three years, a lottery player from Saxony-Anhalt has finally come forward with her lottery ticket and picked up 100,000 euros. The woman had correctly picked the six-digit winning number in the Super 6 supplementary lottery in February 2021. But why did the lottery player only collect her winnings after such a long time?
El Gordo is one of the highest-paying lotteries in the world and a real spectacle in its home country of Spain. This year's draw took place - as always - on 22 December in the time-honoured Teatro Real opera house in Madrid. The hustle and bustle seems to get more colourful from year to year. In addition, the participants in the current edition had to wait an unusually long time for the jackpot.
Legitimate German online casinos are subject to strict rules, including a maximum stake limit of one euro per game. Given this betting limit, the potential winnings are also limited. Nevertheless, it is possible to win quite a lot on virtual slot machines. We have researched the issue of maximum winnings and come up with some interesting facts.
The Spanish Christmas lottery El Gordo is potentially one of the most lucrative and popular lottery games in the world. The total prize money is in the billions. No wonder so many Germans take part in the draw every year. However, the Joint Gaming Authority of the German States (GGL) recently issued an urgent warning in a press release against buying such tickets in Germany.
Lotto always writes strange, funny and even tragic stories. This one is definitely not in the latter category: A woman from Baden-Württemberg hit the Eurojackpot last week. On Friday the 13th, of all days, the lucky woman was able to enjoy one of the biggest German lottery wins ever. Read the full story here.
At the beginning of July this year, a player in the gambling metropolis of Las Vegas hit a multi-million dollar slot machine jackpot. The winner, who is said to have come directly from Las Vegas, won 10.5 million US dollars in one go. But which slot machine changed the player's life, and what else is known about the lucky man?
One tourist's stay at the Las Vegas airport really paid off. Bored while waiting for his flight, he sat down in front of one of the many slot machines and tried his luck. A few seconds later, he had won more than US$1.3 million. The impressive jackpot win can be seen in a video posted on Twitter.
In the past, the EuroJackpot in Germany has been a record-breaker. In June of this year, the previous record was set. A single tipper or a lottery syndicate from Schleswig-Holstein can be happy about the huge sum of €120 million.