Progressive Jackpot Games Famous Gamblers
Wheel of Fortune, Megabucks, and Quarter Mania are some of the most popular casino games comprising the earliest waves of progressive jackpots. The amount of jackpots that have been won in these games are legendary, and today they remain as sought after as ever.
By far the most popular progressive jackpot slots game is Wheel of Fortune, which is available in four denominations: quarters, 1/2 dollar, dollars, and five dollars. The dollar machine resets to a base value of $1million, and quarters to $200,000, after every win. Megabucks resets to a base value of a whopping $7,000,000. Other progressive jackpot games are Nickel Deluxe, Quarter Deluxe, Progressive Jeopardy, Addams Family MegaJackpot, Party-Time, Betty Boop, I Dream of Jeannie, and Elvis. Bally's Thrillion Series is also popular and includes three Blondie versions, 777 Millionaire, and Popeye.
Famous Progressive Jackpot Gamblers
With the possibility of winning millions of dollars on a single wager, every progressive jackpot game is practically a tournament. Wheel of Fortune, Megabucks, and Quarter Mania remain to be the most popular and longest-running progressive jackpot games in land-based casinos, in Las Vegas and beyond. Jackpot Madness and Jackpot Mania are the world's largest online progressive jackpot gaming networks.
King Cashalot, Millionaire's Club, and Major Millions are said to offer some of the biggest online progressive jackpots. Harrah's Millionaire Maker Slots Tournament is the world's largest and only multi-brand slot machine tournament, held all over Harrah's, Showboat and Rio casinos, with a guaranteed prize of $1,000,000. Its spinoff, Harrah's Millionaire Maker Video Poker Tournament, also awards a guaranteed $1,000,000 prize.
Frank Scoblete (Considered America's #1 bestselling author of gaming books, he wrote a total of 16 and co-wrote many more, including bestsellers on slots, video poker, blackjack, roulette, stud poker, Caribbean stud poker, video keno, and other progressive jackpot games.)
Frank Legato (A foremost slots authority and the senior editor of Global Gaming Business, he has been writing about slot machines for over 20 years for a variety of gaming industry and player magazines, including Casino Player and Strictly Slots, and is the author of a number of bestselling slot machine books.)
Bob Dancer (An esteemed slots and video poker authority and writer, he and wife Shirley have won millions playing slots and video poker since 1994.)
John Robison (He is one of the best-known slots and video poker authors and gaming columnists.)
Lenny Frome (He is a renowned video poker expert and author of bestselling casino gaming books, based on whose strategies video game versions of both video poker and Caribbean stud poker were developed.)
Stanford Wong (A professional gambler for over 40 years, he reigns as the Godfather of Blackjack, has authored several bestselling gaming books, is named to the Blackjack and Video Poker Halls of Fame, and is also a pai gow poker expert.)
Jean Scott (A world-known casino gaming expert and "Queen of Comps", she is behind the bestselling video poker book, The Frugal Gambler, and the successful software, Frugal Video Poker, created by Jim Wolf.)
Victor Royer (He is a noted casino gaming, slots, and keno expert who wrote several bestselling gaming books.)
Believed to be the world's biggest progressive jackpot ever won was $39.7 million, won in 2004 by a 25-year-old software designer at the Excalibur Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The Atlantic City progressive jackpot record is $8.5 million, nabbed at the former Bally's Grand (now the Atlantic City Hilton Hotel Casino) in 1994.
Harrah's Millionaire Maker National Championship of Slots winners of $1,000,000 since 1995 include Lisa Goldberg, Rina Borecky, Mary Lee Flanagan, Ruby Eanna Chan, and Mary Jane Knipp. Dennis Zucker is the first ever champion of Harrah's Millionaire Maker Video Poker Tournament and winner of $1,000,000.
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