Big Wins Down Under: Stories of the Biggest Jackpot Wins in Australian Pokies History

It's a little known fact in the USA and other parts of the world, but folks from the land down under have a burning passion for slot machines. For them, slots and video poker are referred to as pokies, and their history with pokies is almost as long as the US's history with casinos! While it's not depicted as often in media, or glamorouized in the way somewhere like Las Vegas often is, nothing will get in the way of a pokie machine session for some Aussies. In fact, many Australian players often hit huge jackpots! This article is going to talk about some of Australia's biggest jackpot winners. Funny enough, land-based pokie machines often don't actually pay as well as online ones. Oftentimes, many of the online slots pay out the best.

Mega Moolah

Once upon a time, one lucky player was playing idly on their mobile device and won AUD 943,971 through the Mega Moolah pokie back in May of 2013. This New Zealander was head over heels for this Microgaming slot. in fact, Mega Moolah is known for its luxurious jackpots, so this is probably not the first time Mega Moolah has paid out an enormous sum. Nonetheless, I'm sure the player is quite happy they choose to play Mega Moolah on that special day!

The Dark Knight

When The Dark Knight came out in the theaters, it was a complete phenomena. Both Health Ledger's early death, his eery depiction of the joker, and the gritty way the story was told all added to the popularity of the franchise. It was the perfect subject for an Australian pokie game! One player won AUD 10 Million from this Microgaming online pokie. This player won this huge sum in April of 2016, and while the winner seems to want to remain anonymous, won a total of AUD 10,0420,000. Unfortunately, due to licensing and franchise issues, Microgaming had to pull the pokie from the website. However, as far as I know, the player is likely living in the lap of luxury, all thanks to their passion for Batman and internet gambling. Guess it pays off to be a comic book lover and movie fanatic!

Arabian Nights

This is one of those old school themed slots that seems to remain popular throughout the community, with new variations of this same theme springing up all over the place. That being said, the Arabian Nights slot graphically might look a little simple, but in 2013 it paid out 6.9 million to an Australian gentleman! This game was developed in 2005 by NetEnt and is played with 5 reels and 10 pay lines. Of course, what really paid out most at the end of the day was the Arabian Nights jackpot.

Megabucks

This is a win from a physical slot machine technically, but I still thought it was worth talking about. Once an Australian player walked into a club in Coffs and decided to play the Megabucks game, by IGT and Max Gaming. This is a progressive jackpot slot with a base prize of AUD 250,000. By the time this winner stumbled across the machine and changed their life forever, the progressive jackpot was valued at AUD 350,000.