A 27-year-old online casino player from Sweden got lucky in more ways than one on the 30th of July. The unnamed player landed a life-changing €5,984,456 jackpot on the popular NetEnt video slot Mega Fortune. That jackpot carried a one-time bounty of €650,000 thanks to NetEnt’s Mega Million promotion. So the windfall was immediately boosted to more than €6.6 million. This is the biggest hit on Mega Fortune since December 2016. Not much has been revealed about the winner. The press release only states that the player had signed up at the NetEnt online casino just three hours before hitting the unique double win.

The NetEnt Mega Million promotion was announced before the FIFA World Cup. As a part of this promotion two popular NetEnt progressive jackpot slots were selected and a bounty was placed on them. The first player to hit the jackpot after the announcement would get the bounty along with the regular jackpot amount. One of slot games was Hall of Gods. A player from Finland had earlier hit the jackpot for €2.7 million and received the bounty of €350,000 on top. The promotion now stands completed with the hit on Mega Fortune.

On such occasions it is customary for all those involved to say a few words. The winner was in a state of shock at his mega fortune but had this to say. “I was on vacation and just felt like playing a bit. I am not sure yet what I will use the winnings for, apart from sharing it with my closest ones and perhaps some more vacation.” Henrik Fagerlund, the Chief Product Officer of NetEnt pointed out that Mega Million has been a huge success for NetEnt. So it was only fitting that the final whistle has blown on the World Cup-themed campaign with the biggest Mega Fortune jackpot winner for two years. He added, “It is also further proof that NetEnt games are regular millionaire-makers, with this being the ninth seven-figure jackpot winner in 2018.”

Mega Fortune is a 5x3 video slot with 25 paylines. The popular theme of a millionaire's life style is depicted through symbols like champagne, cigar, limousine, money clip, ring, watch and yacht. Among the features offered are a line payout of 10,000 coins and up to 100 free spins with 5x payouts. The progressive jackpot is hit through the Jackpot Bonus round, which is triggered by three bonus wheel symbols landing on the reels.