Year highlighted by historic jackpot moments
JERSEY CITY, NJ – (January 13, 2025) – BetMGM, a leading iGaming and sports betting operator, announced today that the company awarded $128.5 million in progressive jackpot payouts to online casino players in 2024. The historic year for BetMGM included the largest jackpot in the history of legalized iGaming in New Jersey and the operator’s largest ever jackpot in West Virginia.
Angus Nisbet - Vice President of Gaming, BetMGM
BetMGM awarded the highest amount of jackpot prize money in Michigan ($42.7 million), followed by New Jersey ($37.5 million), Pennsylvania ($28.7 million), West Virginia ($14.1 million) and Ontario ($14.1 million CAD).
The top five jackpots won at BetMGM in 2024 were:
- $6.5 million/Fruit Blaster/New Jersey
- $4 million/Bison Fury Megaways/New Jersey
- $1.2 million/Independence Pays/New Jersey
- $1 million/Bison Fury/Michigan
- $960,920/15 Lanterns/West Virginia
The year was filled with historic and “you never know when” jackpot moments:
- Broken records: In August 2024, a player at BetMGM Casino in New Jersey won a $6.5 million progressive jackpot. It is the largest jackpot in the history of the legalized online casino industry in New Jersey. At the end of October, a player in West Virginia won a $923,347 progressive jackpot on 15 Lanterns. It marked BetMGM’s largest jackpot ever in the state.
- Forty-cent spin wins: A BetMGM player in Southfield, Michigan won $1 million on a 40-cent bet while playing Bison Fury. Jonathan H. in West Virginia also turned a 40-cent bet into a $532,969 jackpot win on Bison Fury at BetMGM Casino.
- Two jackpots in nine months: A player on the Borgata Online casino platform won two “The Big One Colossal Jackpots” on Bison Fury within nine months. The player from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania won $1 million on Bison Fury at Borgata Online in late August 2023 and in late May won $417,404 on Bison Fury: The Stampede.
In 2024, BetMGM built on its pillars of omnichannel, first-to-market launches, and strong partnerships to enhance its online casino. BetMGM launched its inaugural hybrid slots tournament “The Roar to Riches Slot Tournament” in 2024. The event gathered the top 119 online players to ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for a slot tournament. The winner took home $50,000 in Freeplay, a $50,000 Casino Bonus and a beautiful custom-made trophy. Further connecting online and land-based play, BetMGM Casino brought iconic MGM Resorts to iGaming with titles like Bellagio Fountains of Fortune, Excalibur and Luxor Fortunes.
The company’s award-winning online casino is home to over 3,500 titles across North American markets and one of the largest state-by-state exclusive jackpot networks. BetMGM’s jackpot network currently consists of more than 20 game titles including popular games such as MGM Grand Millions, Bison Fury, Mirage Mega Magma, and Loot’En Khamun and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
As BetMGM continues to expand into new markets and introduce new features, responsible gaming remains a key focus. Additionally, BetMGM is proud to provide resources to help customers play responsibly including GameSense, an industry leading program, developed and licensed to MGM Resorts by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation. Through the integration within BetMGM’s mobile and desktop platforms, customers can receive the same GameSense experience they have grown to rely on at MGM Resorts properties nationwide. This complements BetMGM’s already existing responsible gambling tools which serve to provide customers with an entertaining and safe digital experience.
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BetMGM is a market-leading sports betting and gaming entertainment company, pioneering the online gaming industry. Born out of a partnership between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Entain Plc (LSE: ENT), BetMGM has exclusive access to all of MGM’s U.S. land-based and online sports betting, major tournament poker, and online gaming businesses. Utilizing Entain’s U.S.-licensed, state-of-the-art technology, BetMGM offers sports betting and online gaming via market-leading brands including BetMGM, Borgata Casino, Party Casino and Party Poker. Founded in 2018, BetMGM is headquartered in New Jersey. For more information, visit https://www.casino.betmgm.com.
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