USA online blackjack is what we’re all about here (the clue is in the name of the site!) because we love the low house edge on blackjack, the element of skill and thought and the fact that you can enjoy long sessions at the blackjack table even with a relatively small bankroll. Slots, we often feel, are for part-timers and old Floridians enjoying their annual Vegas trip. Well, last month we heard a little story about a UK soldier who won $20m playing an online slot and that’s kinda made us reconsider!
Granted, the odds of hitting a progressive jackpot slot are pretty darn slim so we aren’t suddenly going to cash in our life savings and hit the nearest online slots site but, much as we love blackjack, you’d need some pretty big stakes and a seriously long winning run to match the win of world record online slot winner Jon Heywood.
The 26-year-old UK soldier from Cheshire in the North West region of England hit the biggest ever online slots win last month playing at online casino Betway, who sadly don’t accept US players. The Mega Moolah slot delivered him his life-changing eight-figure win from a single spin that cost around 40 cents. Mega Moolah isn’t an option for USA casino fans but other great progressive slots are, many with jackpots worth more than $1.5m!
Heywood, who has toured Afghanistan, will no longer need to worry about work after his huge win and plans to spend the money on his family. First priority is his father, who requires a lung and heart transplant, whilst more money is earmarked for a family cruise round the Mediterranean and with $20m to go at, safe to say it won’t be a budget trip!
He also has his heart set on a yellow Bentley. Great automobile, lousy color. His current ride is a Fiat Punto, worth around $12,000, so the Bentley Continental GT – asking price circa $250,000 – is a nice little upgrade for the lucky Brit.
As said, blackjack will always be our number one casino game but with lottery-style prizes like this available playing the spinning reels, and slots bonuses generally being the most generous offered, maybe slots are OK after all!
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