Victories Casino history

In December 1992, Archie had just lost $2 million in an LA poker game and left to Las Vegas with only $50 in his hands.

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In June 1999, an anonymous man from Illinois also won over 21 million from Megabucks Machine at Caesars Palace with just $10 deposit.

In May 2000, two lucky people from the United States won a $363 million jackpot in the Big Game lottery.

An elderly American woman Johan Hoyndl decided to celebrate her 74th birthday in Las Vegas on May 27, 2002.

In March 2003, Cynthia’s record was finally broken by a 25-year-old Los Angeles programmer who, for security reasons, decided to remain anonymous.

On an early Thursday evening in September 2005, 92-year-old Elmer Sherwin, a World War 2 vet, decided to plop down in front of a Megabucks machine at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas because he had a feeling that the machine was lucky.

Elmer passed away two years later, in March 2007.

In 2011, a 20-year-old Norwegian online gambler by the name Peter won a total of €11.7 million by playing a progressive jackpot slot.

When he came back home, he set up an online poker company named Poker UTD (which eventually went out of business in 2012) and later established iGaming Recruitment, a website that matches job applicants to online gambling companies.

In May 2013, the highest single winning record of the Powerball lottery was set by Gloria McKenzie.

It is the largest Mega Moolah win to date, surpassing the previous world record set by John Heywood with his £13.2 million cash prize in 2015.