Casino Luck Chance

Some people blew millions hoping for a big win, others walk into a casino with €5 in their pocket and walk out with a fortune. At all times there will be losers and lucky ones. Here is a ranking of the top 3 incredible examples when it was possible to catch luck by the tail.

Mr X and his millions

In March 2003, an ordinary programmer from USA decided to watch a basketball game in Las Vegas. Finding himself in the gambling capital of the world, it was a shame not to take his chances at the local casino. That’s what our hero thought as he opened the door to Excalibur. People close to him say the programmer was indifferent to gambling. Spiteful tongues talk: he often lost money on virtual machines. That night “Mr. X” decided to try his luck at a real casino.

The programmer was 25 years old at the time. He became the youngest gambler to ever win €40 million. To do so, he only spent a hundred on the Megabucks machine. Within 10 years of the jackpot, no one had been able to repeat the achievement. The lucky man wished to remain anonymous, so the press called him “Mr X”. The player agreed with the casino owners to transfer his winnings in instalments. The establishment still sends him €1.5 million each year. The hero’s success had a bombshell effect. Thousands of visitors came to Excalibur to repeat the “feat”, spending their hard-earned money, so the casino was not left in the lurch.

Joanna Hundle and her breakfast

In 2002, 74-year-old Joanna Hundle visited Las Vegas. She just wanted to have a memorable weekend in retirement. The American woman checked into the Ballys hotel complex. The next morning, the woman decided to go to a local restaurant for breakfast. But before she did so, a wonderful thought occurred to her: why not work up an appetite at the slot machines.

The Megabucks was chosen. With a few clicks, the scoreboard hit the jackpot. After spending just 170 euros, Joanna Hundle was the winner of €22.5 million. This is the second jackpot on the machine in numerical terms. The shocked woman admitted in an interview with the press that she thought she had won 2 million euros because of her bad eyesight. Even that amount was outrageous for her, let alone an actual win.

John Heywood and his pet hobby

Jackpots are not only available in land-based gambling establishments. John Heywood – a soldier in the British Army – has proved that it’s possible to snap a big score in virtual casinos. He won over £13m on Mega Moolah in 2015. The lucky man admitted he didn’t believe his luck at first. He mistook the message for a system glitch, so he went to work the next morning as if nothing had happened.

The dream became a reality after a phone call from an online casino official. John Heywood was silent for a few seconds and then let out a hysterical shout of delight. Remarkably, his winnings “broke” the record of a Finnish player who broke a pot of around £17m in 2014. The difference was only 17,000 euros, but it helped John Heywood enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the player with the biggest jackpot on virtual machines. The achievement lasted for 3 years, when another lucky player won £18m on a similar machine.

Winnings at online casinos are not uncommon. It is sometimes possible to win a fortune at land-based and virtual venues. The above examples prove that luck suddenly smiles on completely random people.