In the gambling industry, there have been many records that have made it into the Guinness Book of Records. This applies not only to regular land-based casinos, but also to online clubs. Naturally, first of all, we are talking about the largest wins, but there have been many other records in casinos.
Biggest Wins in Gambling
It is impossible to ignore the largest win in an online casino, recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. In 2015, the Englishman hit the jackpot on the gaming portal BetWay. Progressive jackpot won by lucky players while playing the slot machine Mega Moolah (Microgaming) totaled €17,879,645. However, this is not the largest win, as in 2018, the player managed to win 18,915,872 euros and also using a slot from Microgaming. However, this happened in the land-based casino Grand Mondial. By the way, this win is not recorded in the Guinness Book of Records, as there were larger wins in land-based clubs.
It was possible to win several hundred million euros or dollars in lotteries. True, the gigantic prize fund in this case was divided between several participants who became winners. The Book of Records records the lottery win received by one person. German cleaner wins 90 million euros, won in the lottery EuroJackpot. Interestingly, the probability of winning was 1:95 344 200. Bingo, one of the varieties of lottery, is also not far behind. In 2008, Christina Bradfield (a gambling British woman) hit the jackpot in £1.1 million, participating in the National Game in Castle Leisure.
One of the simplest casino games, baccarat only seems boring and uninteresting. In 2015 in Macau Several hundred players tried to win the prize fund, which amounted to 119,000,000 Hong Kong dollars (15 million US dollars). In the end, the winner received 100,000,000 Hong Kong dollars. Poker has long become not just a game of chance, but a sporting discipline. Millions are played in this game. In 2012, in one of the WSOP tournaments, which was held in Las Vegas, American Antonio Esfandiari managed to get the prize for first place, which amounted to more than 18 million dollars. By the way, the buy-in was also a record - one million US dollars.
Other gambling related records
Some players are into collecting. American Gregg Fischer collects chips worth $1 (or equivalent in other currencies). His collection includes chips from various gambling establishments. In 2020, he entered the Guinness Book of Records as the owner of the largest collection. It contains more than 800 chips of the same denomination from different casinos. Another record with chips was recorded in 2017. Participants of the popular Sedgwicksphere exhibition used them to lay out a giant mosaic. Its area was more than 104 square meters. The mosaic took more than 17,600 chips of three colors. It was completed in three and a half hours. The chips were used to lay out an image of a giant light bulb.
These are not all the records related to chips. It is known that their face value ranges from one to several thousand dollars. However, the high price is only fair for casinos; outside the walls of gambling establishments, these pieces of plastic are worth nothing. A Canadian jeweler decided to fix this. In 2013, he made a gold chip with precious stones. It was valued at 450 thousand dollars and got into the Guinness Book of Records in 2013.
American Edwin Wheeler is considered the record holder for visiting casinos. In just seven years, he visited 358 establishments. At the same time, he managed to go into some of them several times. As a result, during this time, he visited casinos more than 370 times. However, in 2017, another record was set. Two gambling friends managed to visit 74 casinos located in Las Vegas in one day. At the same time, they broke their own record, when in 2015 they visited 69 establishments in 24 hours.
The oldest dealer working in a casino was Joanna Dodd. She worked in Las Vegas almost all her life. In 2015, at the age of 79, she was still accepting bets at the Flamingo club. And another interesting record. In the UK, a meeting of winners of the National Lottery who managed to win more than one million dollars was organized. 110 people came to the meeting. In the entire history of the National Lottery, more than 4,000 people managed to hit the jackpot, which exceeded a million pounds.
