Over €150 Million Paid Out In Progressive Jackpots For Microgaming in 2018

Progressive Jackpots are big business in the iGaming world. To date, leading software provider Microgaming’s Progressive Jackpot Network, paid out over €150M in 2018!

Updated: 26 January 2024 By Becky Mosley

Over €150 Million Paid Out In Progressive Jackpots For Microgaming in 2018Progressive Jackpots are big business in the iGaming world. To date, leading software provider Microgaming’s Progressive Jackpot Network, paid out over €150M in 2018!There have been 9 lucky players that won 7 figure sums playing Microgaming Progressive Jackpot Games, winning almost €40M between them.

World Record Win

The most popular slot to date for Microgaming is Mega Moolah progressive slot. Last September a lucky player won a huge €18,915,872,81. In 2015, a progressive jackpot of €17,879,645.12 was won earning the slot game a Guinness World Record breaker for the ‘Largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game’ The last winner in September 2018 is the highest payout to date.There have been other winners throughout 2018 with winnings ranging from £1,515,371.53 up to €4,769,344.11, taking the overall winnings on Microgaming Progressive Jackpot Slots over €150M.We are just weeks in to 2019 but there is no sign of letting up on the current Microgaming Mega Moolah Progressive, the Jackpot currently standing at €17M.CEO at Microgaming John Coleman commented,“ Congratulations to all lucky winners in 2018. We are proud to host the industry’s largest progressive jackpot network, which paid out more than €150million last year, setting a number of payout records in the process. It is remarkable to see total payouts nearing €1 Billion, which really highlights the strength of the network, and we are excited to be working on a series of developments aimed at taking our progressive jackpot offering to the next level.” 

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