Online progressive jackpots are among the most popular online casino games in the world. A progressive jackpot is a jackpot that uses multiple slot machines to add up their bets and thus can pay a huge jackpot. Land casinos progressive slot machines are also very popular, as a French couple would found out, by becoming a multi-millionaire suddenly after playing on a progressive slot machine.

The couple, Elhadi and Mahjouda from Pierre-Nestalas that came to celebrate their 13-year marriage anniversary in Bagneres-de-Bigorre in south-western France, has broken the French record for the largest casino jackpot that previously stood at € 3,218,978. Elhadi had never played for money before and wanted to try it for fun. The couple decided to try their luck on their wedding day and threw a 50 cent coin in a Magic Jackpot Casinos slot machine, that slot machine began ringing and flashing. The couple won the progressive jackpot of € 5,512,448, the highest slot machine jackpot of France. Magic Jackpot Casinos slot machines are in a network of 337 slot machines in 100 casinos that are linked in order to pay the mega jackpot.

The couple’s went with their three children and had only spent 20 Euro on another slot machine, where they won only 120 Euro. The couple decided to try another slot machine, which has changed their lives. They said: “We went for our 13-year marriage anniversary to a spa, before we thought: Why don’t we get a drink. We went and played in the casino and spend 20 Euro on a machine, it won us 120 Euro which we changed for small change, then the next 50 cents was the lucky spin. We thought initially that the machine was broken. The machine began to ring on all sides. It is not true, it is not possible, we thought. Only when we saw the manager of the casino came over to congratulate us, we knew that it was really true.” Magic Jackpot Casino is playable in 100 casinos of a total of 197 casinos in France: 35 casinos in the Barrier group, 17 casinos in the Joagroup, in 16 casinos in the Tranchant Group, eight casinos in the Émeraude group and 24 in independent casinos.