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Record gain of over 2 million on a slot machine Palavas

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:00

The biggest jackpot ever won in euros in France on a slot machine was picked up Friday at the casino in Palavas-les-Flots (Hérault) Partouche Group, announced Tuesday the group casinotier.

In a statement, the group said that the "casual player" won the outstanding prize pool with a common jackpot powered by 196 slot machines casinos 42 group connected.

The supplementary budget, passed by the House in December 2008, now allows 197 French casinos offer progressive jackpots on slot machines common in many institutions, linked together. "Bandits-penguins" of several institutions can therefore offer players multiple prize pools million.

The last record of winning on a slot machine is dated October 14, 2007, when a player has pocketed 1,611,921 euros Casino of Enghien-les-Bains (Val-d'Oise) group barrier.

The previous record was held since 1993 by a player who had won a jackpot of 8.6 million francs (1.3 million) on a slot machine in Divonne-les-Bains (Ain)

The record gains on the French games, a record high and gambling in France is 75,888,514 euros, won the Euro Millions September 16, 2005 in Franconville (Val-d'Oise) by a unemployed. The gains to the PMU is equivalent to an internet punter who won the sum of 7,451,800.60 euros in a quinté November 3, 2008 on the Paris-Vincennes racecourse.