New Guinness World Record Set by Net Entertainment

December 8, 2011

We all dream of hitting a big win, the kind of win that can change your life forever. We see this kind of win paid out every day, just look at the amazing fortunes which national lottery players can and do win. On-line slots are quickly catching up in the payout stakes, as proven by a new Guinness World Record jackpot payout of €11,700,000!

The lucky player to hit this jackpot was playing through www.betsson.com, one of the less well known on-line casinos. The game he was playing is produced and developed by Net Entertainment, and is aptly named Mega Fortune.

The record breaking jackpot of €11,700,000, which equates to over $15,000,000 or £10,000,000, was won by a young Norwegian at the end of September. The record has been assigned to both www.betsson.com and Net Entertainment, as equal stakeholders, and was confirmed as the standing world record at the end of November.

With a name like Mega Fortune, you can imagine that this Net Entertainment developed on-line slot must be something special to pay out at this level. Regular players of on-line slots will undoubtedly have stumbled across Mega Fortune. It is a syndicated game, with a pooled jackpot which is shared across all of Net Entertainment’s jackpot network, across multiple on-line casinos. Mega Fortune was originally released back in 2008, and since its launch it has steadily increased in popularity and is now one of Net Entertainments most successful games to date. The reason for this popularity is quite simple; no other on-line slot pays out such a huge amount in jackpots. Since release, it has paid out more than $30,000,000 in prize money, including several single jackpots over $5,000,000.

The website www.betssson.com is part of the Betsson Group which has crept into the list of top gaming brands over the last few years, slicing itself off a significant portion of the on-line slots pie. A Betsson spokesman has stated that they (Bettson) work very hard to ensure that they deliver online gambling games with the largest payouts and the fastest withdrawals. They feel that they are proud to be an Official Guinness World Record Holder.

As wagers, and thus payouts increase, it is likely that this new Guinness World Record will be broken in the next few months, as the on-line slots industry ramps up the heat and increases payouts to compete on the same level.

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