In the casino visitors are waiting for more than just big wins. While gambling fans make bets, some lucky people manage to set unusual records. Achievements are necessarily recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
- The biggest wins
- Records with chips
- Other achievements
Biggest wins
It’s the record-breaking payouts that get the most attention. Thanks to luck, the lucky ones not only changed their lives, but also wrote their name in the history of gambling.
Slot machines
Mega Moolah slot fromMicrogaminguestablished several records at once. More – in the table.
| Year | Amount of winnings, € |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 879 645 |
| 2018 | 18 915 872 |
The first one was recorded on October 6, 2015. Then UK resident John Heywood won a jackpot of €17,879,645 million on the BetWay website. In the Guinness Book of Records, this is the largest payout in online slot machines.
Microgaming’s website has reported another record. At Grand Mondial offline casino on September 28, 2018, a visitor hit a jackpot of €18,915,872 – this achievement has not yet been added to the Guinness Book.
Lottery
Christina, at 36, worked as a cleaner in Berlin until she won €90 million in Lottoland’s EuroJackpot lottery. The probability of winning is approximately 1 in 95,344,200.
Baccarat
Several hundred players gathered at the Sands Cotai Central Hotel in Macau on March 3, 2015. The participants competed for a prize pool of HK$119 million – $15 million.The first place winner was Lin Haisan. The winner took home HK$100 million.
Bingo
UK resident Christine Bradfield became £1.1 million richer on January 27, 2008. She won a record amount of money in the National Bingo Game at the Castle Leisure Club.
World Series of Poker
Every year professional players take part in one of the most prestigious tournaments, the WSOP. the “unofficial world championship” of poker is held at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas.
In 2012, the largest first place prize of $18,346,673 was recorded here
In 2012, the largest first place prize of $18,346,673 was recorded here.
It became possible thanks to the record buy-in of $1 million. The victory went to the American of Iranian origin Antonio Esfandiari.
Records with chips
the “internal currency” of the casino can be used for more than just betting. There are amateurs around the world who find unusual uses for chips.
The largest collection
Gregg Fisher is a member of the Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors Club. He collects chips with a face value of $1. Representatives of the Guinness Book recorded the record on October 4, 2020 – the collection of the American included 818 copies.
The largest mosaic
Usually players stack chips in stacks. Participants of the Sedgwicksphere exhibition on September 12, 2017 found another use for them – they laid out a mosaic with an area of 104.61 square meters. They had to spend 70,644 blue, black and yellow casino chips to achieve the goal. After 3 hours and 21 minutes, visitors were able to admire the image of a light bulb of record dimensions.
The most expensive chip
For the convenience of players, the casino provides different denominations – from 1 dollar to several thousand.
Regular chips carry no value outside the establishment as they are made up of plastic or other inexpensive materials
Regular chips do not carry value outside the institution, as they are made of plastic or other inexpensive materials.
Canadian jeweler Gerald Levy decided to add value to them.
On May 30, 2013, a gold chip encrusted with precious stones entered the Guinness Book of World Records. It was valued at $450 thousand.
Other achievements
The Guinness Book is always open to interesting ideas. In 2021, the page with the largest sculpture of casino chips is still empty. New categories appear from time to time.
Most casino visits
Not all players like to say how often they bet. This is not the case for the next record holder, Edwin Wheeler:
- The American visited 358 different casinos between 1995 and 2002.
- In some of them he looked twice, so in total he sat at the dealer’s table 372 times.
A pair of gambling enthusiasts set another record. From October 19 to 20, 2017, Kimo Ah Yun and Gary Meyer visited 74 Las Vegas casinos in 24 hours. The two Americans managed to improve their previous record. In 2015, they played in 69 casinos in 24 hours.
Oldest dealer
It’s impossible to place big bets and not love casinos. Joanna Dodd is more passionate about gambling than any high roller. She was born on January 15, 1936. Most of her life she works as a croupier at the Flamingo Casino, Las Vegas. She became the oldest dealer by reaching the age of 79 years and 36 days. The record was recorded on February 20, 2015.
Meeting of the lucky dealers
The National Lottery of Great Britain organized a meeting of winners. In one place the concentration of luck began to go off the scale when 110 people who won from 1 million dollars gathered.
The meeting was held in London on October 7, 2015. By this time, 4,000 people had become millionaires thanks to the lottery.