According to the dictionary, a “jackpot” is “the accumulated stakes in a kind of poker that requires one to hold a pair of jacks or better in order to open the betting” or “a cumulative pool in a competition, lottery, or various other games.” In other words, a jackpot is the top prize or award which only the luckiest win in gambling.

On May 9th, a 36 year old small business owner from Greece named d Georgios M won the biggest online jackpot ever won in all of online casino history! He won the record breaking “Mega Moolah” jackpot of €6,374,599.92, corresponding to $8.69 million in cash, at the popular Microgaming online casino “River Belle”, and luckily for him this jackpot, unlike others, was paid out in full to him.

The owners of ‘River Belle’ casino, Belle Rock Entertainment's Chairman Tim Johnson was quoted as saying this about the win: “We at Belle Rock Entertainment take the utmost pleasure in seeing our players win life changing jackpots. It is an amazing accomplishment that for a single bet of €5, a valued long time River Belle player walked away with the largest online jackpots ever won. Well done and enjoy your winnings Georgios.”

The lucky player Georgios M, who has a passion for slot machines, was so ecstatic when heard about his win, that he phoned River Belle's 24/7 casino support line for confirmation, as he commented that "I could not believe it". River Belle's support staff which is very efficient, quickly calmed him and assured him that he had indeed won the jackpot of €6.37 million in cash.

The CEO of Microgaming, Roger Raatgever, had this to say: “It is truly exciting that Microgaming has broken yet another record with the latest win on ‘Mega Moolah’. We are continually expanding our portfolio of casino games to provide the highest level of entertainment to consumers - but nothing tops the story of this winner, congratulations to him.” Mega Moolah’ which was launched in 2006 was an instant hit with the players because of the excellent quality of the graphics and the amazing game play. The jackpot has now been reset at $1Million.

‘Major Millions’ is one of the biggest online jackpot games and is offered by all the Microgaming powered online casinos. Microgaming casinos have won a lot of awards as the best casino software.

Before Mr. Georgios M had won the biggest online jackpot ever at River Belle, the record was held by the $5.9Million jackpot won at Intercasino on the slot machine ‘Millionaires Club’, which has now come to the second position. The third biggest online jackpot of $1.68Million was won on Lucky Nugget Casino and the fourth biggest online jackpot of $1.55Million was won on Captain Cooks Casino.

The ‘Millionaires Club’ and the ‘Major Millions’ slot machines are currently the two biggest ‘Progressive Jackpots’ you can find at online casinos. Cryptologic software powers the ‘Millionaires Club’ and ‘Major Millions’ is powered by Microgaming Casino Software.

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