Net Entertainment is thrilled to announce that its Mega Fortune Slot game has once again broken a world record thanks to a massive €17.8 million jackpot win by a middle aged punter from Finland.
The hugely popular Mega Fortune progressive slot game was growing at an incredible rate during the past few months and once it hit the 15 million euro mark, online casino players worldwide were waiting in anticipation for it to smash its previous record.
The Finish winner of the €17.8 million jackpot win smashed the existing Guinness Book of World Records for paying out the biggest amount by an online slots game by €6 million.
The Guinness Book of World Record was held by Mega Fortune slot since a 20 year old student from Norway hit a €11.7 million jackpot in September, 2011. This win was officially recognized as the largest jackpot payout until the record was smashed on the very same game on Sunday, 20th January, 2013.
Stockholm based Net Entertainment is one of the leading online casino software providers and was very happy to learn about the past weekend’s massive win.
The head of press and public relations at the Net Entertainment powered online casino where the latest big win occurred revealed that online casino players from all over the world have been excitedly waiting for the Mega Fortune slot to smash its old record ever since the 5 reel and 25 pay line slot game hit the €15 million mark.
The Mega Fortune slot jackpot was pooled and was shared by a few gaming companies. The online casino where the win took place is therefore thrilled that it was one of their customers who won the Mega Fortune slots payout.
Per Eriksson, Chief Executive Officer of Net Entertainment, congratulated the winner and said that he hoped to turn many more players into millionaires in the future.
