Megajackpot Winner

A Megajackpot online casino jackpot worth £2,086,585.46 was won on Wednesday 12 November, 2008 by a player at Gala Coral. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Megajackpots, they are progressive jackpots that have a starting value of £1.5 million and keep growing until someone eventually wins.

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The Megajackpot online casino games were developed by WagerWorks, and at the time of writing the latest win of more than £2 million is being verified by a team from that company. Once the win has been verified, the lucky winner will be given the choice of receiving their win as a series of annual instalments as a cash lump sum.

Although many people will think that taking a cash lump sum is better (even if it means taking a smaller amount) in most cases the annuity option is more sensible, for several reasons. First, it makes it impossible for the winner to get carried away and squander their fortune all at once (there’s nothing worse than handing a big win back to the casino you won it from!). Second, it gives the winner long term financial security. And third, it allows the winner to “grow into” their new-found wealth rather than being thrown in at the deep end.

The Gala Coral Megajackpot winner landed the life-changing prize by getting five Megajackpot symbols on the centre pay line. We do not yet know if the winner was playing the Megajackpot Cluedo or Megajackpot Monopoly game – details will no doubt emerge after the win has been verified.

In the meantime, the Megajackpot level has been reset to £1.5 million, so if you fancy your chances of being the next person to win a lottery-sized jackpot when playing at an online casino, check out the Megajackpots at Gameshow Casino.

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