Biggest Casino Wins in History: Incredible Jackpots and Gambling Stories

Gamblers love to hear tales of massive wins in casinos. Some of the big wins reported from the past are truly eye-watering—life-changing doesn’t even come close except for the case of billionaires wagering huge sums like it doesn’t mean anything.

Kerry Packer, an Australian media tycoon, won $26 million at the blackjack tables in the MGM Grand casino in 1995. With a fortune in excess of $5bn he could undoubtedly afford his losses, though. One day, in 1995, Packer was enjoying himself at the blackjack tables in the MGM Grand casino playing for $500,000 per hand on several tables at once and took the house for $26 million in a matter of minutes.

Bryn Kenney won £16,890,509 in a poker tournament at the Triton Million in London in 2019. Kenney had a five-to-one chip advantage and took home the bigger prize of £16,890,509 even though he ended up losing the playoff to Zang.

Don Johnson, a former corporate executive, won over $15 million at blackjack tables in three Atlantic City casinos over a six-month period. He beat Tropicana out of nearly $6 million, Borgata out of $5 million, and Caesars out of $4 million before being told he was no longer welcome.

An anonymous software engineer won $39.7 million on a slot machine at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. Details of the biggest ever slot machine win in history are sketchy but the Excalibur Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, confirmed that one day an anonymous software engineer walked in the play slots with a $100 budget for the session and went home with $39.7 million.