Casino
A student from the community Hordaland in Norway came home after a night out and wanted to kill some time playing online slots after watching a movie. He decided to make use of his 10 freespins recieved to the progressive jackpot game Mega Fortune.
That decision made him 11.7 million euros richer this morning.
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by admin September 26, 2011
Tags: jackpot, jackpot winner, Mega Fortune, Videoslot
Gaming Success Stories
It was 7.28pm on March 17 when English grandad Roger Gillespie realised he had left it too late to write out all his usual Lotto numbers, with just two minutes left before the Lotto draw’s deadline.
So Roger, 59, who had forgotten about the draw until he went out to the newsagent to get some milk, decided to buy a lucky dip ticket instead.
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by Lana Galea April 5, 2010
Tags: jackpot winner, lotto winner, Roger Gillespie
Gaming Success Stories
Sometimes, no matter how impossible it may seem, a fortune cookie really can hold the key to your fortune!
This was definitely the case when two men in Idaho won a $600,000 Powerball jackpot – a win which they attributed to a fortune cookie.
So the next time you’re at a Chinese restaurant, be sure not to throw your cookie – potentially your fortune – away!
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by Lana Galea March 20, 2010
Tags: fortune cookie, jackpot winner, Powerball jackpot
Gaming Success Stories
A down-and-out cowboy who had his trailer repossessed and couldn’t pay his taxes lassoed one of the biggest lottery jackpots in history – a $232.1 million Powerball prize.
The news certainly came as a “yee-haw!” for 23-year-old South Dakokta rancher Neal Wanless. He won the mammoth jackpot a month after he bought the lucky ticket in the aptly named town – Winner.
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by Lana Galea February 26, 2010
Tags: jackpot winner, Neal Wanless, Powerball
Gaming Success Stories
An Orlando man who just knew he’d win the lottery one day, finally did one fine day.
He’d already won $100,000 twice and another $50,000 along the way, but this time he managed to nab a $13 million jackpot.
Jose Salmon was so sure that he’d hit it big one day, that since 1998, he was spending a cool $600 a day on lottery tickets!
Here, he shares his story on his journey to the jackpot.
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by Lana Galea February 9, 2010
Tags: jackpot winner, Jose Salmon, lottery winner, lotto winner
Casino
USC Student Robert Ward talks about winning $165,000 in the Mirage Big Shot Jackpot by making a halfcourt shot at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, after the third quarter of a basketball game between the LA Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks.
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by Lana Galea January 26, 2010
Tags: jackpot winner, Robert Ward
Sportspeople
An amateur rugby player struck it lucky by winning a crossbar challenge competition worth £250,000.
Job Centre worker Stuart Tinner, who lives at home with his parents, hit the bar with an amazing shot from 30 yards – and all he wore on his feet were socks!
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by Alex Newman January 23, 2010
Tags: jackpot winner, Stuart Tinner
Casino
Sometimes, it pays to be good to your girlfriend. That was definitely the case for ‘Sammy’ from New York City
Samih Zabib, a Borgata Hotel & Spa regular, visited the Atlantic City casino to pick up a pair of designer jeans for his girlfriend, only to come out with not only the jeans, but a cool $779,532 jackpot!
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by Lana Galea January 18, 2010
Tags: Atlantic city, jackpot, jackpot winner, Slots