January

$3.7 Million Won On Wheel of Fortune Quarters
Date Posted : January 11th, 2002
Hideko Sakamoto a Hawaiian visitor to Las Vegas managed to do what most of us only dream of. After playing lesss than $20 worth of spins she lined up the three logos and scooped a $3,700,000 jackpot ...

$1,200,000 Addam's Family Jackpot Won
Date Posted : January 26th, 2002
Peggy Beels of Ontario, California is returning home from her Vegas vacation a millionaire after hitting a $1.2 million jackpot on the Addam's Family video slot at Fremont Hotel and Casino. "This will make life a lot easier" ...

Wheel of Fortune Hits Again for $1,900,000
Date Posted : January 28th, 2002
Jus a few days over two weeks since Hideko hit for $3.7 million another player has hit the top prize on Wheel of Fortune. This time Timothy Tuttle played less than $30 in the machine when his luck made him a millionaire ...

$112,957.51 Won at Harrahs on the Betty Boop Progressive
Date Posted : January 29th, 2002
Charles Vassallo of Milbrae, California walked away with $112,957 from the Blazing 7's version of the popular Betty Boop progressive slot series made by Bally Gaming. Over $20 million has been won since the launch ...

February

Rags To Riches Hits for $189,433.44 at InterCasino
Date Posted : February 6th, 2002
Only days after InterCasino paid out their first $200,000+ jackpot of 2002 another player has spun up a jackpot on Rags To Riches US$189,433.44 on a Rags to Riches slot. The win of $189,433.44 hitting just hours after joining ...

Microgaming Celebrate Their 2000th Progressive Winner
Date Posted : February 13th, 2002
When Kate S hit a $327,382.67 on the popular Treasure Nile progressive video slot she also become the 2,000th player to win one of the progressives that are part of the Microgaming jackpot network ...

March

Las Vegas Visitor Wins $2,423,302 on Wheel of Fortune
Date Posted : March 20th, 2002
After investing $10 in the Wheel of Fortune dollar game Allan Van Walleghem of Canada was excited to see that he had won $2,400. He called his wife only to have to call her back to tell her that he had actually won $2,423,302.85 ...

Three Huge Winners at InterCasino in Less Than Two Days
Date Posted : March 27th, 2002
The jackpots at InterCasino have been running hot with three players cashing in to the tune of $180,770.68, $118,700.24 and $102,263.88 in less than 36 hours. Games involved were the popular Rags To Riches and Spice Island ...

Bally Gaming's Millionaire 777's Awards a $1,901,392 Jackpot
Date Posted : March 29th, 2002
Bobby Hamric of Austin, Texas managed to line up the winning symbols and make it to the top of the nine tier jackpot phase on Millionaire 777's. He was playing at The New Frontier Hotel and Casino and won $1,901,392.05 ...

April

Popeye Progressive Video Slot Hit For 1st Time Ever at Caesars AC
Date Posted : April 2nd, 2002
After much fanfare at launch we have the first winner on Bally Gaming's Popeye Progressive. The player who wished to reman anonymous won a big cash prize of $229,168.19 at Caesars in AC.

Microgaming Launches Major Millions
Date Posted : April 18th, 2002
Today we have seen the start of a new era in online slots with the launch of Major Millions. It has the highest base level prize ever of $250,000 and is set to become the biggest jackpot game online ...

May

$1,500,000 Won on the Regis Cash Club Progressive from IGT
Date Posted : May 24th, 2002
While playing at Treasure Island in Las Vegas, Paul Kyriazi was playing the popular IGT slot with $30 when the three Regis symbols lined up. Initially he had no idea that he had won over a million dollars in a single spin ...

Third Highest Ever Megabucks Jackpot Won
Date Posted : May 27th, 2002
The Megabuck progressive paid out yet another monster win today. This time a lucky grandmother named Johanna Huendl won $22,621,229.74. This is the third highest win ever on the ever popular game ...

Worlds First Million Dollar Online Jackpot Winner
Date Posted : May 30th, 2002
Just over a month and half since the launch of Major Millions and all previous jackpot records have been smashed with Tony P winning $1,594,649.21. This is over a million more than the previous record of $414,000.

June

A Family Reunion in Vegas Leads to a $5,000,000 Win
Date Posted : June 15th, 2002
A trip from Hawaii to see family ended up turning into a full blown celebration when the dollar version of Wheel of Fortune changed her life forever. The $5 million jackpot was the games first hit since April ...

Find Out Why More Online Players Choose Microgaming
Date Posted : June 25th, 2002
We take a look at the Microgaming jackpot network and find out why it is currently the most popular. Find out about the games and learn how you too can go for the jackpot on any of the eight games ...

July

$1,379,637 Won Last Week on Microgaming Progressives
Date Posted : July 3rd, 2002
Last week was a huge week for online players with the highest ever jackpot on Treasure Nile awarding a handsome $520,625.09 pay day, Major Millions hitting for $394,658.30 and 15 other players joining in with smaller wins ...

Betty Boop and Foxwoods Make a Good Match
Date Posted : July 21st, 2002
If you are a fan of the Betty Boop games from Bally then it looks like Foxwoods is the place to play as yet another player hit the top prize today. This marks the 16th time it has hit at Foxwoods where just under 20% of all jackpots have hit ...

August

$191,097.16 Won On Bally's Popeye Progressive
Date Posted : August 19th, 2002
While playing at the Trump Taj Mahal, Mary Wargo lined up the jackpot symbols and won $191,097.16 on the popular video slot. This is only the second time that the game has hit since being launched at the start of 2002 ...

September

More Massive Jackpots Won at Microgaming Casinos
Date Posted : September 1st, 2002
The big winners keep on coming at Microgaming powered online casinos. These include a recent win of $739,794.33 on Major Millions and the $815,344.99 won in four different jackpots by just one player ...

First Winner on the Harley Davidson Video Slots
Date Posted : September 15th, 2002
Most of the time when you hit a big progressive you simply get the cash, this is not so on IGT's Harley-Davidson slots. When Jeanie Hannah hit for $194,000 she also won herself a limited edition Harley-Davidson motorbike ...

New Million Dollar Winner at Bally's Las Vegas
Date Posted : September 18th, 2002
In the early hours of Wednesday morning a series of small jackpots kept Edward Feaser playing his favorite Wheel of Fortune Machine. This lead to him winning a $1,800,000 million jackpot on the popular game ...

October

Major Millions Hit For $872,884.09 at The Lucky Nugget
Date Posted : October 15th, 2002
The Lucky Nugget, one of the Internet's most popular casino gaming destinations has paid out another big win on their Major Millions slot. This time Michele S lined up the three wilds and won $872,884.09 ...

100th Winner on Bally's Betty Boop Progressive Slot Series
Date Posted : October 28th, 2002
Today it was announced that the 100th jackpot had been won by Terrie M to the tune of $176,288.66 on the Betty Boop progressives. In total since their launch the games have paid out $24,733,873.31 in instant wins ...

November

Megabucks Currently over $18,500,000 in Nevada
Date Posted : November 5th, 2002
Jackpot fans are flockinging to Megabucks machines all over Las Vegas as the multi-million dollar fever hits the state. While still quite a way short of the $34.9 million won in 2000 many players believe it will hit soon ...

Quartermania Hits for $4.1 Million
Date Posted : November 17th, 2002
Here is a change. Usualy the big jackpot winners say they played just a few spins before striking it rich. In this case the anonymous Las Vegas winner said that he had been chasing a big win on the game for several months ...

December

Gambling Online Magazine "Best of 2002" Winners Announced
Date Posted : December 3rd, 2002
As has become the tradition, readers of Gambling Online Magazine have voted for their favorite gambling sites. Today the winners were announced with InterCasino taking out the "Best Online Casino of 2002" award ...

Ten MegaJackpots Won Between Christmas and New Years Eve
Date Posted : December 31st, 2002
It has been a very happy end to the year for 10 players from across the US. Big wins included a $9,900,000 hit on Wheel of Fortune and five other pays of over $1,000,000. What a great way to wind up 2002 ...