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Online gaming business Betsson.com has been honored with a Guinness World Record for the biggest ever jackpot payout in an online slot machine game. The lucky winner is a young male college student who received EUR 11,736,375 (GBP 10,272,600, $15,844,900).

The official record entry in the Guinness World Records says: “The biggest jackpot payout in an online slot machines game is ?11,736,375, won by a gambler on Betsson.com on the ‘Mega Fortune’ game paid out to an unseen player in Norway, on 24 September 2011.”

When contacted, the winner, who’s from the local community of Hordaland in Norway said that he went home after an evening out, watched a movie and enjoyed a few games on Betsson.com as he could not get to sleep. The decision to play on-line made him 11.7 million euros wealthier. Naturally, it did not help him sleep, and he confessed that he remained awake until 06:00 due to great shock. As to the prize money, the guy said, “I need to try quiet down before even deciding on exactly what I’ll do with the cash!”

The online game that netted him the important prize is the appropriately named ‘Mega Fortune’, a slot online game which offers an enormous and very interesting jackpot.

Henrik Persson, the CEO of Betsson Betting and Gambling
, revealed that though he had in no way expected that his company could be given the honor a Guinness World Record, he couldn’t think of a much better record for Betsson to be honored. He said, “Breaking the record for a payout to a gambler is the best method to show folks that not only can you win big when playing on Betsson.com, but also shows that this is what Betsson is about. We make sure that our people can be really nicely rewarded whenever they win. This is just what keeps all of them returning to our games.”

Meanwhile, Huw Thomas, the Head of Betsson.com testified that even though the Guinness Globe Records was obviously a bit of a surprise even to him, it wasn’t solely unpredicted. He stated “Creating winners is what Betsson.com is about. To be awarded a Guinness Globe Record is a fantastic accolade for the site and guaranteed stamp of acceptance that we have the most important on-line jackpots and confirmed payouts – no matter how huge they are!”

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Jackpot Winner Interview

The biggest jackpot payout in an online slots game is ?11,736,375 (?10,272,600, $15,844,900), won by a player on Betsson.com on the ‘Mega Fortune’ game paid to an anonymous player in Norway, on 24 September 2011.”

When approached, the winner, a student from the community of Hordaland in Norway, stated that he went home after an evening out, viewed a movie and enjoyed a few games on Betsson.com simply because he couldn’t sleep. By morning, he was 11.7 million euros richer.

We caught up with the lucky winner to see how things have been going for him because September. We’re pleased to see that he is as well as ever, and is talking about buying a new head set. Hearing this, his brother laughs and says that humour is still intact inside the family members. The winner goes on to say that perhaps, just perhaps, he’ll consider purchasing himself a
Spotify Premium subscription as well.

The winner with the massive jackpot tells us that he had some busy weeks following the win, but that most issues are back to regular in the moment. “I had an intense exam period, but I hope and think I did nicely.”

After his large win on Mega Fortune, the young winner received monetary advice as well as other practical suggestions from the betting business Betsson.com.

“I?ve been to Malta and I saw how the Betsson team works, so they have been truly useful.”

We met the winner in Bergen on an additional rainy day and then we joked about how the west cost of Norway is the new “Verdal”, as Betsson has paid out jackpots amounting to nearly 150 million in just under two years to that region. Our winner stated “Maybe the climate is the explanation. When the weather is truly bad like this, you don?t have that many options besides becoming inside together with your computer.”

The lucky pc on which he produced the win has now been replaced having a new Pc, and the jackpot winner wants to be able to relax in the future, without the media. “There have been lots of inquiries, each from the banks and also the media, but I don?t plan to show up in the media. This will be the last interview concerning the prize and all the cash, and I hope that the media and others will respect that.”

Throughout our 2 hour talk we spoke about some issues he desires to complete in autumn, but there aren’t many big upcoming events for the millionaire who after all is just in his 20?s.
He has never seen Liverpool play live, so he’s considering taking a trip to Anfield.

The record breaking winner says that he had issues sleeping the very first week following the enormous jackpot win. Extremely understandable of course.

This prize is the most a Norwegian has ever won in a bet/game – and the biggest ever online win. In typical understated fashion, our winner says “It?s nice to have that title, and to be within the Guinness world record book!”