An unnamed Swedish Player has claimed a massive jackpot win at Videoslots online casino while playing Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon WowPot Megaways. The WowPot jackpot paid out generously, awarding them a prize of $3 898,637.78 on 23 August 2021.

This amazing prize came just four days after the pokie was released via operators on Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network.

Triple Edge Studios developed the pokie exclusively for Microgaming and ensured it was packed with lucrative features including Big Time Gaming’s Megaways mechanic and, of course, the impressive WowPot progressive jackpot which has been around since February 2021.

This latest lucky win marks the second-largest WowPot win ever paid and the fourth millionaire made by the progressive network. The record WowPot win stands tall at $17,529,047.11 and was won on 14 April 2021.

in 2021 so far, Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network has paid out 2.6 million wins across all jackpots, tiers and games, coming to a total of $143 million. The total that the network has paid out since its creation currently stands at over $1.45 billion.

Microgaming’s CEO, John Coleman commented on the momentous win, saying,

 “It’s amazing to see another massive WowPot win dropping just days after Ancient Fortunes: Poseidon WowPot Megaways was released network-wide to our customers. Congratulations to Videoslots on this impressive payout, and to their player in Sweden.”

William Ahlberg, Videoslots’ Head of Commercials also commented, adding,

“We’re thrilled to provide our players with access to many of Microgaming’s legendary progressive jackpot slots – and even more so that one of our players has taken home the latest WowPot win, becoming a multi-millionaire!”​

The world-famous Microgaming Mega Moolah jackpot recently awarded yet another huge progressive prize. The lucky winner was playing the pokie at the Enlabs-owned Optibet online casino on 6 August 2021and landed a huge $7,231,507.69 win. Another recent huge winner took home a $6.5 million prize payout in June from the same pokie at the same casino.

As with all Microgaming progressive jackpot prizes, this latest win will be paid out as a lump sum. This is the 101st Mega jackpot prize paid out by the progressive network since its inception, but comes in at less than half of the record $19.4 million prize paid out in April 2021.

Over its history, the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot network has awarded more than $1.45 billion in prizes. Of this amount, $137 million was paid out in 2021 alone.

John Coleman, the CEO at Microgaming commented on the latest win, saying,

“Huge congratulations to the winning player – we’re used to seeing massive jackpots drop on Mega Moolah, and $7.2 million is a fantastic amount to win. Well done to Optibet for claiming a second consecutive Mega jackpot on our network.”

Chris Davis, the CPO at Enlabs also had his say, commenting,

“We were delighted when Mega Moolah dropped at Optibet the first time, but for it to happen a second time a matter of weeks later is remarkable. I am certain that both existing and new Optibet customers will appreciate that this situation can only be attributed to the luck of the brand.”​

Microgaming’s Mega Moolah has dished out its most recent surprise gift in the form of a $6.5 million massive payout.

With this win, the Microgaming progressive network has now paid out 5 seven or eight-figure prizes this year.

The jackpot of $6,597,136.10 was claimed on June 4, only a few weeks after paying out a record jackpot of $19.4 million to an extremely lucky player of Absolootly Mad: Mega Moolah, one of the newer titles on Microgaming’s line-up.

John Coleman, the CEO at Microgaming commented on the wonderful news, saying that it brought him much joy to see the network change yet another player’s life, especially considering how soon it came after the record $19.4 million prize. He wrapped up, saying that this is even more of a special event as this marks the hundredth millionaire the progressive network has created since its inception.

The gift of giving

Since it began handing them out Microgaming’s progressive prizes now come to over $1.4 billion in total, with over $103 million of that amount being awarded in 2021 alone. Over the last 12 months, in addition to the earth-shattering $19.4 million win, other phenomenal winnings have been recorded, including a $14.2 million jackpot won by a player in Sweden in August 2020.​

Lady luck and all her sisters showed up for a fortunate UK player on April 14 when the lucky individual won the first-ever WowPot Mega progressive prize. This sets a new record for Microgaming’s new WowPot series of progressive slots with a prize payout of just over $15 million.

This is the third WowPot jackpot prize won since the new range of progressive slots was launched. This latest win is particularly exciting because the player, who has chosen to remain anonymous, managed this gargantuan win with a paltry bet amount of $0.80 while playing the Book of Atem slot. They will be able to spend their winnings freely as the prize will be paid out as a lump sum.

A look at WowPot

WowPot is made up of a network of progressive slot games that works by taking a percentage of players’ bets on any game in the WowPot network and placing it into the prize pot.

Since its February 2021 launch, the WowPot network has flourished and now includes six video slot titles, namely Wheel of Wishes by Alchemy Gaming, Book of Atem, African Legends, Sisters of Oz, Queen of Alexandria, and Sherlock & Moriarty. Players can expect the arrival of new titles soon.

Going Mega

WowPot has only paid out two major progressive jackpot prizes to date, so the Mega prize win is a momentous occasion in the jackpot’s history.

The major jackpot winners played Sisters of Oz and Book of Atem to claim their prizes. Book of Atem can now claim the honour of awarding the first Mega prize and it will be interesting to see which game pays out the next one.