iGaming and betting juggernaut BetMGM announced that one player on its Borgata Online casino platform has won two jackpots within nine months. The operator celebrated the gambler’s success, releasing more details about the dual win.

BetMGM elaborated that the winner is from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. They won two “The Big One Colossal Jackpots” on Bison Fury, grabbing almost $1.5 million in total.

The first win was recorded in late August 2023 when the Pennsylvanian won $1 million on a $10 bet on Bison Fury on Borgata Online. In May 2024, the player in question repeated this feat, winning $417,404 on a $18 wager on Bison Fury: The Stampede.

Bison Fury, for reference, is a game that is exclusive to BetMGM and its casino platforms. Developed by Entain, the title is a five-reel “All Ways” slot featuring an American wilderness theme. The slot is best known for its 1,000 paylines, exciting bonus round and progressive jackpot.

Speaking of jackpots, BetMGM’s online casino offers some 2,800 titles and the largest state-by-state jackpot network. The company’s largest jackpot at the time of this writing is in New Jersey, standing at $5.2 million. It is notably the largest iGaming jackpot to date.

The Player Thanked BetMGM and Borgata for This Opportunity

BetMGM praised the player for their spectacular success. Angus Nisbet, the operator’s vice president of gaming, commented on the matter, saying that winning such a jackpot not once but twice must surely feel incredible.

Two progressive jackpots this size in less than a year has never happened in the history of BetMGM. We congratulate the player on these extraordinary jackpot wins.

Angus Nisbet, VP of gaming, BetMGM

The player in question preferred to remain anonymous but still released a statement on their win, expressing their excitement and thanking the operator for this opportunity.

Borgata Online and BetMGM are the best! Thanks to Borgata Online for giving me the chance of a lifetime, not once but twice, to win two big jackpots.

Borgata jackpot winner

In other news, BetMGM’s UK arm just extended its partnership agreement with Newcastle United, emphasizing the operator’s desire to continue reinforcing its presence within the sports sector as well. Originally formed last year, the deal built on the successful relationship between the popular Premier League team and the leading betting operator.

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Calvin Anderson, the Las Vegas-based professional poker player, emerged as the winner of the 2023 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship. The prestigious event took place at Wynn Las Vegas and saw a staggering 10,512 entries that helped generate a prize pool of $10,196,640.

This year’s Prime Championship enjoyed much more interest when compared to its debut in 2022. For comparison, the 2022 WPT Prime Championship attracted a field of 5,430 entries. In other words, this year, the number of participants nearly doubled, helping generate a staggering prize pool that surpassed $10 million.

Emerging as the winner, Anderson collected the first-place prize of $1,386,280. Moreover, the poker pro earned secured the WPT Prime Championship trophy. The recent win represented Anderson’s first WPT win and also granted him a seat in the 2024 WPT World Championship.

During the 2023 WPT Prime Championship, the poker pro met other notable poker veterans, including Frankie Cucchiara who finished in 52nd place, Daniel Lowery, a 14-time gold ring winner, who ranked 18th as well as Steven Jones, the 2023 WSOP Main Event runner-up who ranked 10th place during the recent tournament.

There was a total of six players that endured to reach the Prime Championship’s final table. With Anderson emerging as the winner, Aaron Pinson finished second, collecting a $910,000 prize. The third place belonged to Jay Lu, who took home $675,000, while Jon Glendinning ranked fourth, taking home $505,000. At the 2023 WPT Prime Championship, Bob Buckenmayer ranked fifth, taking home $380,000, while Valeriy Pak finished sixth, collecting a $290,000 prize. Just outside of the top six was Mukul Pahuja, who finished in seventh place.

The Recent Win Grows the Poker Pro’s Total Live Earnings

The WPT Prime Championship rounded off the 2023 WPT Prime season and comes ahead of the 2024 WPT Prime season. The new WPT Prime season starts on January 26, 2024, and is expected to attract more seasoned poker professionals.

Adam Pliska, WPT’s CEO, shared his excitement about Anderson’s recent win. “The astounding increase in the WPT Prime Championship exceeded expectations, and further fortifies the event as a pillar of the WPT World Championship festival at Wynn Las Vegas,” he explained in a statement released by WPT on Wednesday. Finally, Pliska congratulated Anderson for his “monumental win.”

The 2023 WPT Prime Championship win further grows the total live earnings for the Las Vegas-based poker pro. According to the Hendon Mob, Anderson’s total live earnings are close to $5 million or $4,961,841 to be exact. His latest win represents the best live cash prize collected by the poker pro throughout his professional career.

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Ever since it officially launched the Classic Lotto game in 2007, the Ohio Lottery has recorded 27 jackpot wins. The last one, which is yet to be claimed, was announced last week, thanks to one lucky ticket bought in Butler County. 

$1.4 Million Waiting to be Redeemed 

The fortunate player who made the purchase at Don’s Carry Out in Darrtown triggered the third jackpot in an impressive trio of these Classic Lotto jackpots to be won in a single month. This in itself is a very rare occurrence, with the odds of winning the jackpot announced as 1 in 13,983,816. 

It only took five more draws for the 27th jackpot to be hit following the 26th jackpot on April 22. The latter came seven drafts after the 25th jackpot was recorded on April 5. 

While most people would probably come running in a heartbeat to claim the massive wins, Ohio Lottery’s spokesperson Marie Kilbane informed the public that just one of the three jackpots has been so far claimed. 

Six Months to Claim the Winning Lotto Tickets 

Winners are given a total of 180 days since the draw took place to claim any winning tickets. Failing to claim a win will result in the jackpot being redirected to schools in the Buckeye State, which is what happens to all profits recorded by state lotteries here. 

While Kilbane said that there was still time for the other two jackpot winners to come forward, he also expressed his confidence that “someone has been alerted to the fact that there has been a winner here.“

The representative added that the Ohio Lottery usually takes pride in its good rate of winners claiming their jackpots, expressive hope to see a continuation of this track record. 

Don’s Carry Out owner, Eric Beckett, explained that his family shop has been flooded with customers since the news of the massive jackpot became public. Beckett added that the big news generated “a lot of buzz around town,” with many people walking into his store just to inquire about the event which rarely happens in small towns like Darrtown. 

In an interview he gave to the Journal-News, the shop owner further explained that while a small number of his clients are passers-by, most of his business comes from the locals which he mostly knows by name and which he hopes would come forward to claim the jackpot by October. 

After a minimum 24% federal government tax and a 4% state tax will be applied to the amount that was won, an estimated $614,880 net cash payout would reach the winner’s pockets in case they would opt for a cash lump sum. 

In case they would opt for annual payments, they would receive a $1,008,000 net annuity payout out of the total $1.4 million won. 

In similar news, two Mega Millions jackpots were hit in less than a week in New York, with a lucky player winning a $483 million jackpot at the end of April, followed by another Mega Millions jackpot drop of approximately $20 million announced shortly after.

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