The Biggest Online Jackpot Winners In 2001

What a year it has been. We have seen the online jackpot records get broken month after month as more and more slot players decide to try their luck online. We decided to take a look back at the biggest winners of 2001 and the games that played a major part in making this such a great year.

Microgaming has really taken the lead in terms of overall jackpots awarded this year. Just yesterday a $190,553.47 win on their Treasure Nile progressives pushed the total pay outs to over $50,000,000. A massive $30,000,000 of that was won this past year alone. More that the previous three years combined.

Still the most popular progressive slot online is Cash Splash. Launched in 1998 it has a loyal player base and is the most frequently hit game. Treasure Nile was released in mid 2001 and is very popular among progressive fans who like video slots rather than the old style three reel games.

Some of Microgaming's biggest winners in 2001 were,

• Debbie R with $271,263.24 in 5 wins
• Jean G with $305,163 in a record 6 wins
• Blake R with $272,957.56 in 3 wins
• Marilyn M with $139,369.89 in 2 wins
• Oliver C with $389,843.85 won on Treasure Nile
• Tammy R with $200,475.08 in 2 wins

It was Oliver C who held the world record with his $380,000+ single win in early August. This record however was broken just one month later with a $414,000 win on the Rags to Riches game from Wagerlogic. The Cryptologic casinos made a big move this year finally linking all of their jackpot games in all casinos like Microgaming has done since 1998.

This year saw some big wins on Cryptologic's Rags to Riches including,

• $414,119 won by 'BOBO'
• $226,970.92 won by 'STASH'
• $121,074.04 won by 'LEXI'

Overall, the competition between Microgaming and Wagerlogic is really heating up. This is great news for players as we should continue seeing more jackpot records being broken as we move into 2002. The big question we have is when are we going to see the first million dollar win online. Our bet is that 2002 will bring us the first online instant millionaire - only time will tell.