Trooper wrote:
I have no doubt it happened, but I wonder how many times they pay out those figures. It seems a huge coincidence it happened to an active poster on a casino forum.
On the one hand, those are the people who play more, so are more likely to hit big, on the other hand, it is a trifle convenient and if it had to happen to someone, then that is the best person it could have happened to from the perspective of the casino, in terms or marketing and getting their money back in the long run...
Well the developer of the game has an active rep on the forums and they confirmed it was a legit win and also replayed the bonus round to make the video, so there'd have to be a lot of folks in cahoots.....
As a multiplication of stake the win isn't off the scale ridiculous, it's the fact the guy was playing £20 spins that really sent it into the stratosphere.
As Grim... says, that sort of figure is pocket change to the casino, the fact that they've chosen to allow such big bets on a highly volatile slot says they're quite happy with that sort of potential exposure.
(For example there's a slot called Dead or Alive 2 which can hit for 110,000x stake, some casinos limit that to £3 spins at a maximum, whilst the developer allows for up to £18 spins.)