Gaming industry big name Microgaming continued to live up to its reputation of generating life-changing wins by paying out more than £132 million through its progressive jackpot network in 2018.

John Coleman, chief executive at Microgaming, said: ‘Congratulations to all the lucky winners in 2018.

‘We are proud to host the industry’s largest progressive jackpot network, which paid out more than 150 million euros last year, setting a number of payout records in the process.

‘It is remarkable to see total payouts nearing one billion euros, which really highlights the strength of the network, and we are excited to be working on a series of developments aimed at taking our progressive jackpot offering to the next level.’

The largest jackpot win was through Isleof Man based Microgaming’s world-renowned Mega Moolah progressive, with a whopping €18,915,872.81 paid out on Friday September 28 at Grand Mondial Casino. Won by a player on a mobile device, this set a new payout record for the popular progressive online slot, eclipsing the €17,879,645.12 that earned Microgaming the Guinness World Records title for the ‘largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game’ in 2015.