Recently the Riverbelle’s Mega Moolah online slot, a safari themed game, awarded one lucky player EUR 6.3 million. That’s about 9 million in U.S. buckeroos! Mega Moolah is one of those action games that has taken slot players by storm.
The magic of online slots can be found in the payouts. They are hefty because so many people in so many countries can play progressives at one time that they can really payoff big and because online casinos have much lower overhead than land-based ones, they offer higher payout percentages.
By the way, in 2008 Mega Moolah, which is made by Microgaming, held true to its name by paying out more than $1.2 million to a player at Betway.com. That slot jackpot came from a bet of two bits. That’s right 25 cents. Also in 2008, Mega Moolah yielded the highest online slot jackpot ever—over $65 million to a Swedish player! That’s a mega jackpot!
Online jackpots at RTG powered casinos have been bulging with top awards of over $1 million. In August 2009, there were four online jackpots for RTG slots that were close to or over $1 million. At that time, Aztec’s Millions was at $1,231,244 and Jackpot Pinates topped $1,419,026. Again, these were major mega jackpots.
Land-based casinos have seen big payouts by slots manufactured by IGT. Their slots include Megabucks, which paid out a world record $39,710,826.36 on a dollar bet at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and a system record of $12,014,971.61 on an eight bit wager at the Thunder Valley Station Casino in California.
The company’s Wheel of Fortune slot has paid out millions at one time to at least eight different players. The IGT Megabucks video slot churned out almost $19 million to one player at the Nugget in Vegas.
It is, after all, that mega jackpot, like those offered by Microgaming’s Mega Moolah and IGT’s Megabucks, that pulls so many of us to online slots and those at land-based casinos. Which should you play—online or land-based? Online slot machines, especially the action games, yield jackpots that are paid out more often and are overall bigger than those at the land casinos. Enjoy the game!
