January

$198,292 Won By A Player From Denmark at InterCasino
Date Posted : January 6th, 2005
Only six days into 2005 and we have the first big winner. This time a player from Denmark managed to line up the right symbols on Rags To Riches and win just under $200,000. He did it in only seven spins ...

Texas Woman Wins $3.8 Million on Wheel of Fortune
Date Posted : January 7th, 2005
Hot on the heels of the first big online win a Texas woman won a big $3.8 million on Wheel of Fortune in Las Vegas. She borrowed $1 from her mother for the winning spin so has decided to share her good fortune ...

Player Wins Over $4,000,000 at Las Vegas Airport
Date Posted : January 11th, 2005
Quite a few players say that you should never play slots at the airport as they tend to be tight. Edward Frost from Boston did not listen to this advice and won $4 million on a Wheel of Fortune machine. He missed his plane ...

February

All Jackpots Casino - More Games, More Features, More Jackpots
Date Posted : February 3rd, 2005
Today, the Jackpot Factory Group have announced that All Jackpots online casino has been upgraded to the new Microgaming VIPER software platform. To celebrate they are giving all new players a 400% bonus ...

The First Online Instant Millionaire For 2005
Date Posted : February 21st, 2005
A player from the UK has won the Major Millions jackpot for a total of £743,760.57 or just over $1.4 million US Dollars. He is the first online slot player to win a million dollar plus jackpot this year ...

March

Three New Slot Machines From Microgaming
Date Posted : March 1st, 2005
Microgaming have added three new games to their ever growing slots line up. Mermaids Millions and Cabin Fever are five reel video slots and Frost Bit is a classic three reel game. Find our more ...

$4.1 Million MegaJackpot Won At Caesars Palace
Date Posted : March 20th, 2005
A New York man, Russell Sears decided to stay up late and play slots at Caesars Palace - a decision that would change his life. In the early hours of Sunday morning he hit on Wheel of Fortune for just over $4.1 million ...

May

Gold Rally - The New Record Breaking Online Slot Machine
Date Posted : March 20th, 2005
Having become only the second online slot to pay out a million dollar plus jackpot Gold Rally has done it in style breaking the previous record for an online jackpot by over $200,000 with a $1,853,875.84 win ...
 
June

Next MegaJackpot Winners Will Break Penny and Nickel Slot Records
Date Posted : June 8th, 2005
Both the world record for a penny and a nickel slot will be broken by the next winners on two of IGT's MegaJackpot games. The penny jackpot stands at $2,562,808 while the nickel jackpot is a staggering $10,403,455 ...

Gold Rally Hits Again - This Time For over $200,000 at Kiwi Casino
Date Posted : June 23rd, 2005
Just over a month since Gold Rally set a new online jackpot record and a lucky player at Kiwi Casino has hit the top prize. Marie who had joined Kiwi Casino two days earlier won a big $295,614 on the game yesterday ...

July

IGT Has Acquired WagerWorks
Date Posted : June 27th, 2005
While we don't normally post business topics this one is of interest to every online slot player. IGT has acquired WagerWorks an online casino software provider. This is the start of what could mean we see IGT games online ...

August

World Record Penny Jackpot Won On The Twilight Zone Video Slots
Date Posted : August 12th, 2005
The first of the big record jackpots was won today. The world record for a penny slot jackpot is now $2,995,071, beating the previous record by just under a million dollars. Shigeko Stein from California was the lucky winner ...

September

Jackpot Factory - Teaching Players To Gamble Responsibly
Date Posted : September 12th, 2005
Today the Jackpot Factory Group have announced a new responsible gambling program aimed at every player at their four casinos. Now players who appear to be getting into trouble will receive expert help from the casino ...

The First Player To Win IGT's Megabucks Twice
Date Posted : September 16th, 2005
A 92 year old Las Vegas man has become the first player in history to win the top prize of IGT's Megabucks twice. His first win was for $4.6 back in 1989, his latest win is over four times that - a massive $21,147,947 ...

Strictly Slots Readers Vote Slotland A Winner
Date Posted : September 27th, 2005
Slotland Online Casino has won two awards in Strictly Slots yearly readers poll. Last year they picked up Best Slots Site, this year they scored the top spot in the Most Unique Slots and Best Online Progressives categories ...

October

$11,909,745 Won On IGT's Megabucks Progressive
Date Posted : October 16th, 2005
Megabucks has hit again, this time for $11.9 million at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The jackpot comes just one month after a 92 year old player won $21.1 million and became the first ever two time winner ...

November

Play Slots On Your Cell Phone at Slotland
Date Posted : November 8th, 2005
Yesterday Slotland launched the first of their mobile slots. In a sign of the popularity of the mobile gambling format over $3,500,000 worth of wagers were made in the first 24 hours of the service being online ...

December

GOM Readers Poll - InterCasino Wins For 5th Year Running
Date Posted : December 8th, 2005
Intercasino has claimed the top honors in the Gambling Online Magazine readers poll awards again making it five years running. Find out about the awards and this years winners ...

$111,976 Jackpot Won At Slotland
Date Posted : December 13th, 2005
Another player has scooped the top prize at Slotland and just in time for Christmas. ULLKNIGHT won over $111,000 on the five reel Magic slot when she lined up five planet symbols with maximum bet in play ...