The largest slot jackpot was hit on a dollar Megabucks machine in April 2003 at Excalibur: $39,710,826.36. The big winner was a 25-year-old software engineer from California, in town to watch the NCAA basketball tournament. While the man declined to have his name released, it was reported that his birth date contained three 7s and an 11.
Records for other denominations are as follows:
Nickels -- $3,193,505.85, hit on an Elvira machine at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas (2002).
Quarters -- $13,789,894.28, hit on a progressive Jeopardy! machine at the Isle of Capri in Biloxi, Miss. (2003).
Half-Dollars -- $6,716,646.07, hit on a Fabulous 50s machine at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City (1997).
Five Dollars -- $7,616,440.72, hit on a Wheel of Fortune machine at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe (2002).
