Online Casino Betsson.com has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest ever jackpot payout in an online slots game. 

The lucky winner is a young male student who received €11,736,375 (£10,272,600, $15,844,900). The official record entry in the Guinness World Records reads: “The largest jackpot payout in an online slots game is €11,736,375, won by a player on Betsson.com on the ‘Mega Fortune’ game paid to an anonymous player in Norway"

When contacted, the winner, who is from the community of Hordaland in Norway said that he went home after a night out, watched a movie and played a few games on Betsson.com because he could not sleep. The decision to play online made him 11.7 million euros richer. Of course, it did not help him sleep, and he admitted that he stayed awake until 06:00 due to the shock.

As to his prize money, the young man said, “I need to try calm down before even thinking of what I’ll do with the money!” The game which netted him the big prize is the aptly named ‘Mega Fortune’, a slot game which offers an enormous and very attractive jackpot.

Henrik Persson, the CEO of Betsson, said that although he had never expected that his company would be awarded a Guinness World Record, he could not think of a better record for Betsson to be awarded. He told Bettingpro: 
 
“Breaking the record for a payout to a player is the best way to show people that not only can you win big when playing on Betsson.com, but also demonstrates that this is what Betsson is about. We make sure that our players are extremely well rewarded when they win. This is what keeps them coming back to our games.”

Meanwhile, Huw Thomas, the Head of Betsson.com said that although the Guinness World Records was a bit of a shock even to him, it wasn’t entirely unexpected. He said “Creating winners is what Betsson.com is all about. To be awarded a Guinness World Record is a great accolade for the site and surefire stamp of approval that we have the biggest online jackpots and guaranteed payouts – no matter how big they are!”