Biggest Jackpots Won by Ordinary Gamblers
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Ordinary people can still win big in casinos. Below are 7 examples of ordinary gamblers who toppled the house.
Patricia Demauro holds the record for the most craps rolls without sevening out. In 2009, she performed 154 straight rolls before finally rolling a seven. Demro earned several hundred thousand dollars in estimated winnings. The odds of surviving 154 consecutive rolls of crapping out are 1 in 156 trillion.
John Heywood won £13.2 million on Microgaming’s Mega Moolah slot in 2015. He had just finished a military tour in Afghanistan and was working a minimum wage job. Since the huge payout, he has paid for his father”s extensive medical expenses and started a home renovation business.
Cynthia Jay-Brennan won $34.9 million in 2000 at the Desert Inn Casino. She was paralyzed from the neck down after a drunk driver rear-ended her car. The driver, Clark Morse, was later found sleeping on his mother's couch.
Kevin Ripski won a $1,114,079 jackpot playing Caribbean stud in Las Vegas. He plays blind and doesn't look at his cards before betting. He always plays the bonus bet to ensure he qualifies for the jackpots.
Johanna Huendl won $22.6 million in Megabucks at Bally’s Casino Las Vegas in 2002. She came to the United States via Austria as a young bride in 1956.
Soraya Lowell won a record-breaking £1,167,795 in 2008. She shared the win with her neighbor Agnes O'Neill. Lowell stayed at her minimum-wage cleaning job. O’Neill died two months after collecting her share of the windfall. She and her husband had to forfeit a £150,000 home to the Bank of Scotland.
Elmer Sherwin won a $21.2 million Megabucks jackpot twice. He is the only person to do this. The odds of winning the Meg abucks top prize are 1 in 50 million. Elmer collected a further $4.6 million at Vegas’ Cannery Casino & Hotel in 2005.
Everybody dreams of going to the casino and winning a life-changing sum of money. Seven gamblers discussed here achieved the near-impossible and got rich through gambling.
