LeoVegas player wins record Yggdrasil jackpot

(PRESS RELEASE) -- A lucky player is celebrating after winning SEK 80 million (€7.8 million) on Yggdrasil’s flagship progressive jackpot slot, Joker Millions.

On Friday evening, the largest ever jackpot fell out to a Swedish player spinning on LeoVegas from a mobile phone. Betting 5 SEK, equal to about 50 cents, on Yggdrasil’s Joker Millions on the LeoVegas mobile platform this player hit the big jackpot.

The jackpot had reached a record size at an astonishing €7.8 million and is the largest win on Joker Millions to this date.

Joker Millions is one of Yggdrasil’s two global progressive jackpot games and was launched in 2015. The total sum of jackpots rewarded through Yggdrasil’s global progressive jackpot slots is now reaching breath-taking €26.7 million.

Fredrik Elmqvist, CEO at Yggdrasil, said, “We are thrilled to see a player win such a life-changing sum of money, especially this close to Christmas and while playing one of our slots games on mobile.”

“Joker Millions is our first progressive slot and it is beloved by both operators and players. With more operators continuing to join the Yggdrasil network, the jackpot will be building up again quickly.”

James Ford, Head of Casino at LeoVegas, said, “What a record win! Progressives like this always create excitement. We’ve been keeping a close eye on this one in anticipation that it would drop. We’re really happy it was triggered at LeoVegas and pass a huge congratulations on to our lucky player.”