(Strovolos, Cyprus) — A cash-strapped waitress hit a record US$193,012.00 payout from William Hill Casino on March 14. 2002 – less than twenty-four hours after opening an account.
The William Hill Internet Casino player with the online handle ‘ilkirby’ is a mother of three who opened an account on her 33rd birthday, and soon became the biggest ever winner in William Hill Casino’s history. William Hill Casino offers wagering in both pounds sterling and in American dollars.
“The win by ‘ilkirby’ is the biggest we’ve had since the site opened – years ago,” said William Hill’s Serena Momberg. “If anyone has ever landed a bigger and better birthday present, we’ve yet to hear about it”.
‘ilkirby’ won on Rags to Riches, a $1.00 slot that contains a progressive jackpot offered by Jackpot Mania, bringing land-based progressive slots action worth a minimum US$100,000 to the Internet.
The win by ‘ilkirby’ brings the 2002 US$100K+ progressive jackpot win count to four – already set to eclipse last year’s mark. Ten US$100K+ jackpots were claimed in 2001. In total, more than US$5.5 million was awarded on over 17,000 Jackpot Mania wins – averaging over 47 winners daily.
Jackpot Mania also is home to the world record for largest progressive jackpot ever won at an online casino. On September 3, 2001, ‘BOBO’ claimed US$414,119.00 at The Sands of the Caribbean Online Casino, also on Rags to Riches.
Jackpot Mania links progressive jackpots from Internet casinos around the globe and is the world-leading provider of high-paying online Togel Hongkong games. Jackpot Mania runs real-time tallies displaying each growing jackpot as games are played simultaneously across these online casinos. It features six games, including Spice Island Poker, Triple Olives US$0.25/$1.00 slots, Rags to Riches US$1.00 slot and Super Jackpot US$0.25/$1.00 video poker. Both Spice Island Poker and the $1.00 slot “Rags to Riches” offer US$100,000 default values. William Hill Casino is one of 16 casinos connected by Jackpot Mania.
About Jackpot Mania
Jackpot Mania is a cross-casino portal that links high-paying progressive jackpots from some of the world’s most popular brand name Internet casinos, powered by CryptoLogic software. CryptoLogic Inc. is a leading software development company serving the fast-growing Internet gaming market. CryptoLogic’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange as CRY and on Nasdaq as CRYP. WagerLogic, a wholly owned subsidiary of CryptoLogic, is responsible for the licensing of its gaming software and services to customers around the world.
