Alexander Coleman
The majority of human beings seems to think that casino brings nothing good in the modern society. This is the list of people who were able to prove wrong. The most insane, the most savage jackpots in the entire history of the gambling. Notice that MIT team is not mentioned here since the amount of people in their group reached over 80 players and it's hard to keep track on their winnings. Also, there are no online casinos, such as Jackpot City Casino NZ, included because, again, it's hard to keep track on online jackpots and a lot of information seems to be unconfirmed. Without further do, jump into the list and read the stories of people, who had some massive money gains through playing at the casinos!
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Archie Karas is known as "King of the Casinos". He was working as a waiter until he learned about pool hustling. He was never afraid of loosing and it caused him to develop mentality to the point where he could bet everything in a single throw of a dice.
In December 1992, after loosing $2 millions in Los Angeles, he had only $50 left to spare. Needless to say, it was the only thing he needed. Archie's winning streak begun in Binion's Horsehoe casino, where he played high-stakes Razz. That caused him to win millions but he didn't stop there. By the time he has finished, he already had $17 millions from playing craps and poker at Horsehoe.
His winning streak was lasting for 2 years more after that which caused him to win over $40,000,00! He has become a legend and a living evidence that everything is possible in gambling.
He then lost his money: $11 millions from playing craps, $17 millions at baccarat and another 2 millions at poker. Although, he managed to borrow $40,000 and win $1 million out of that.
Blackjack might be the game of luck from the first look, but not for Don Johnson. He had his own clear strategy: splitting favorable hand into four separate ones, double the bet whenever it's possible and pick only those dealers who stop drawing when a hand is equaled 17.
He still relied on luck as we all do. But his set of simple rules helped him to earn $15,000,000 in half a year.
At a 2012 WSOP charity poker tournament, already well-known professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari risked $1 million which is a lot of money. This risky bet actually brought him a total winnings of $23,245,838 which is the biggest poker tournament win till the present day, even considering that 11% of his winnings were spent on charity. To compare, John Cynn has won $8,800,00 in 2018.
Being a billionaire allowed Kerry to place massive bets. In 1995 he did a trip to Las Vegas where he won between $20 and $40 millions at blackjack and baccarat. Packer could afford playing up to eight hands at the same time, betting up to $250,000 a hand. In less than an hour after his first bet he had already won $25 millions.
From 2010 to 2011 he managed to get $5,8 millions at the Tropicana Casino. On top of that he managed to win several millions later in Bograta Hotel Casino.
Unfortunately, luck has turned its back on him when two years later he lost $28,000,000 in a London casino.
Elmer Sherwin has been a fan of Megabucks Slots for a long time. He believed that playing slots would eventually pay off and, luckily for him, it did happen. In 1989, at Cannery Casino & Hotel in Vegas, he won $4,6 millions on a Megabucks Slot machine. He then made a second attempt of playing at Megabucks Slots and it granted him a jackpot size of $21,147,947. Good portion of his winnings were spent on charity and donations to Hurricane Katrina victims. Elmer was dreaming to make a third win in a row, but, unfortunately, it didn't come true because on March 23rd, 2007 he passed away at the age of 93. This is just another evidence that self-confidence and believing in yourself magically increases your chances to win.
Probably, well a well known tragic story of a cocktail waitress, who, on January 26, 200, while celebrating her future mother-in-law's birthday, managed to win almost $35 millions in her ninth pull at Megabucks Slot machine. This is officially the biggest Megabucks jackpot registered. She then, two weeks later, married her boyfriend Terry Brennan.
What makes this story tragic is that seven weeks later, a drunk driver hit Cynthia's Chevrolet Camaro while it sat at a stoplight. Her sister, unfortunately, died in the accident and Cynthia got paralyzed for the rest of her life. As she stated in the interview, she'd gladly give those $35 millions for the ability to walk again or get her sister back.
Clark Morse, the drunk driver was found guilty in this accident and received 28 years in prison for his crime.
Now this is probably not one of the biggest wins of all time. But it is a win from probabilities perspective. In 1963, in Italy at the casino in the Alps, Sean joined a roulette wheel to place his money on 17 and... Missed! He then tried once again and... Missed again! On his third attempt, 17 came in.
But this is not the end. He kept betting on 17 two more times and 3 times in a row now, 17 came in. Despite the odds were 50,000:1, Sean left the casino with over ₤17 millions which equals £163,000 today.
A regular guy from Auckland, New Zealand. Passionate PC gamer and online gambler. Also, I do enjoy discovering new music. But mostly stick to metal genres.
