Gambling in the Guinness Book of Records: The Most Interesting Records
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Gambling in the Guinness Book of Records is one of the most interesting records. BestAuCasinosOnline has collected the best Guinness records relating to gambling and gamblers.
John Heywood got a low-paying job to help make ends meet after his military duty in Afghanistan ended in October 2015. He registered on an online casino site and bet on a Microgaming game named Mega Moolah. The rookie player picked it above the others because the game’s symbol was the largest. John received the bonus level and put a stake, and won the jackpot in a matter of minutes.
The biggest slot machine win was in 2003 when an unknown Los Angeles programmer won $39,713,982 at the Excalibur Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.
PokerStars hosted the largest online poker tournament in 2015. It was played by 253,000 participants.
Professional poker player Phil Laak's record was recently entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. He played poker for 115 hours and won $6,766. The tournament took place at the Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas.
Jack and Jeremy Freeman visited 69 casinos in a 24-hour period in 2007. Kimo Ah Yun and Gary Meyer repeated the feat in 2015.
Joe Cada won the World Series of Poker main event on November 10, 2009 at the age of 21. The winner’s prize money totaled $8,547,042.
Bertrand Grospellier played the highest number of gaming tables in an hour. He is a member of PokerStars Team Pro.
Joanna Dodd of the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas is the oldest croupier in the casinos.
The Venetian casino in Macau is considered to be the largest in the world. It offers its players more than 3,400 machines and 870 gaming tables.
In 2013, Canadian jeweller Jerry Levy created a gaming chip with 22 grams of 916 rose gold. It became the world's most expensive casino chip.
Kimo Ah Yun and Gary Meyer spent a whole day in Las Vegas in 2017 visiting 74 casinos. They beat the previous record of 69 casinos set by Kimo Ah Yun and his partner in 2015.
The biggest video slot tournament was held on the last day of April in 2016 at Auburn. It was organised by the Muckleshoot Gaming Club. Approximately 3,173 people took part in it.
