The winner, who wished to remain anonymous, stated this was not the player’s first brush with luck in the casino, saying that he/she was “familiar with winning” and had hit several sizable jackpots in the past. Even given this history of winning ways, the Mohegan Sun guest was “rattled for a couple moments” when seeing the amount of the colossal win.
The player immediately called family members to share the great news, who were in disbelief on hearing the news. Although the player tends to play on a variety of machines, he/she often sets aside time to stop by Megabucks because it is known for big hits.
IGT launched the MegaJackpots progressive product line in 1986 and has since produced thousands of winners with jackpots ranging from us$ 1 million to the world-record slot jackpot of more than us$ 39 million.