Many people who play online slots may be under the impression that, whilst you can often make back your deposits and sometimes win a few, small lucrative payouts, actual big wins are few and far between. Whilst this may be the case, hugely and life changing amounts of money can be won. And, as the New Year begins, it has been revealed that two plays struck lucky in December, winning large amounts of money on the Lords of the Rings progressive jackpot, Desert Treasure and $5 Million Winning Streak
Golden Palace’s Lucky Player
At online casino Golden Palace, it was revealed that one player won big on not just one title, but two. In a single day the player, known as Ann S., won more than $400,000 by playing two slots titles and noting huge payouts. Starting on the $5 Million Winning Streak, the player from Bermuda won almost $100,000, before moving on and trying her luck at Desert Treasure where gold chests appeared time after time, summing up to a total of $302,700.
Administrative Assistant Wins Big
Working as an administrative assistant, Ann was congratulated by the casino after her big win, revealing that though she’d been enjoying the thrill of online slots for almost two years, she’d never won large amounts of money. After seeing that her niece had been enjoying the available titles at Golden Palace, Ann decided to create her own account and start playing. Talking of the $400,000 that she’d won, Ann said that she’d like to join a co-worker on a trip to Panama later this year. She also explained that she planned to offer friends and family some of the winnings, whilst putting some aside to use as savings. Meanwhile, when asked whether she’d had a particular strategy for playing on both Desert Treasure and $5 Million Winning Streak, she replied that she’d just been lucky.
Winning Titles
Having won such large amounts on the $5 Million Winning Streak and Desert Treasure titles, it’s unsurprising that both of the games are likely to see renewed enthusiasm from players. Desert Treasure is set amidst a sandy location, with symbols including a camel, oasis, creepy crawly high value cards, and an Arab. An image of a girl is the scatter symbol, the wild symbol is shown by a golden snake and the map symbol opens up the lucrative bonus round. $5 Million Winning Streak meanwhile is a video slot game themed around sports. It features a range of streaks, including the Beckham Ball, Super Bowl Streak, Skating Streak, Olympic Streak, Boxing, Rodman Streak and US Open Streak. Paying out a top jackpot of 1,000,000 coins, there is also a bonus game triggered by three bags of cash where bonus prizes can be won.
Lords of the Rings Sees Progressive Win
Whilst one player saw huge success at Golden Palace online casino by winning two big payouts within one day, another gambler hit the Lord of the Rings progressive jackpot and walked away with £1,965,956.46. Linked into the Mega Moolah network, 28th December 2011 saw the almost 2 million jackpot drop back to 1 million, as Susan C. enjoyed a life changing win at Fortune Lounge.
Mega Moolah Network
click here to see most Popular PagesMicrogaming’s network of progressive jackpots includes four popular and well played titles including Mega Moolah itself, Summertime, 5 Reel Drive and Isis. However, they have recently added the new The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring title (LOTR) for all Microgaming online casino players to take advantage of.
Updated LOTR
In the summer of 2011 there was a large amount of industry speculation about the release of a LOTR themed update following the story of the epic novel. However, whilst many thought that the second part of Microgaming’s LOTR titles was going to be unveiled, the software developer actually revealed that they had simply updated their original title; one important update being that the game was going to be linked into the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot. It’s newly linked feature resulted in the popular online slot seeing an ever increasing number of customers who want to enjoy JRR Tolkein’s popular story whilst also knowing that they could walked away with millions.
Having been linked to the Mega Moolah network, LOTR functions in the same way in respect to winning. When the Bonus Wheel is randomly triggered the player is guaranteed a lucrative win based on four possible jackpots. Upon the wheel spinning, the player then waits to see which color wins, walking away with the jackpot that is corresponds too, with the Mega jackpot linked to white and offering millions in its payout value. Though a statement has yet to be issued, with Susan winning almost £2m, it is expected that she is overjoyed with the huge win.
Mega Moolah Slots
The win on LOTR shows just how lucrative the Mega Moolah slots network can be. After the updated LOTR titles was released at the end of last summer the progressive jackpot soared to more than 3.8 million as fans of the title started pumping cash into the even growing payout pot. This was eventually won in October 2011 by someone playing Mega Moolah, resulting in the jackpot resetting to 1 million. Whilst this is already climbing, having now reached 1,012,400, all eyes will now be on the Major Millions progressive jackpot which currently stands at 1,777,250.
Profitable Progressives
Whilst winning on progressive jackpots seems highly unlikely, players around the world continue to win huge sums of cash by simply enjoying popular games which feed into the Mega Moolah network. On its own, LOTR is a popular title which offers a huge amount of enjoyment for its players. Linked into the progressive network, however, it offers even more of a lure for players wanting to hit the big time. Even for slots not enjoying progressive jackpot possibilities, wins can be big as shown by Desert Treasure and $5 Million Winning Streak. And, if you’re enjoying online slots, your own huge win could come at any time.
