A thirty-something from Aisne (northern France) won more than 2.6 million euros this Sunday evening on a slot machine at the casino of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, where he had bet two, has have we learned from the establishment, confirming information from the Northern voice.
“2,626,909.12 euros, it’s madness! The #Megapot fell this evening at Pasino de Saint-Amand on the 297 machine” might be read on the Facebook page of this Partouche group leisure complex.
The “occasional player” who won this sum had bet 2 euros, the group said in a statement.
The Megapot connects “165 slot machines connected to each other in 38 casinos, which accumulate simultaneous bets”, explains the press release. “Each of them increases a common amount which in case of maximum combination allows to win a ‘Super Jackpot'”.
In 10 years, this system has known “66 winners including 31 millionaires and more than 74 million euros in earnings”.
On New Year’s Day, at the Saint-Malo casino (Ille-et-Vilaine), a forty-something had won more than 200,000 euros following having bet 80 euro cents in a slot machine.
