Middlesbrough Woman Wins £1/2 Million on Sky Vegas Jackpot

LONDON, April 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

A lucky online casino player from Teesside has become the latest person to win a life-changing amount of money at SkyVegas.com.

DW from Middlesbrough bagged £587,697.86 on Easter Sunday, playing the popular, progressive jackpot slot game, Chests of Plenty.

Over several weeks, the jackpot of the pirate-themed slot game swelled to over £1/2m, making it Sky Vegas' largest non-networked jackpot ever. Unsurprisingly, the game attracted record numbers of bounty-hunting players over the bank holiday weekend.

Speaking of her colossal win, DW said: "When the amount I had won popped up on screen I started shaking uncontrollably and felt utterly sick. It was late at night but I had to tell someone immediately so I called my partner and woke him up. Neither of us slept a wink that night!"

Chests of Plenty is a colourful and easy-to-play slot, which has become one of Sky Vegas' most popular games since its launch in October 2011. It includes a bonus game, during which three treasure chests appear and each one of them reveals three gems. Three identical gems in the same chest trigger a prize.  The eye-watering jackpot was landed when all nine gems were revealed to be diamonds, proving that diamonds really are a girl's best friend!

Sky Vegas spokesman, Robert Parker, was delighted to see the mammoth jackpot finally drop : "Huge congratulations go to our winner on landing the progressive jackpot!  It is the largest Sky Vegas specific jackpot we have ever paid out and I'm sure it made a nice Easter surprise!"

Chests of Plenty is just one of many fantastic progressive jackpot games available at Sky Vegas.

Notes to editor:

Sky Vegas is part of Sky Betting & Gaming, a wholly owned subsidiary of BSkyB.  Sky Betting & Gaming is licenced and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) to offer online gambling products and services to UK customers.  Sky Vegas has been operating since 2007 and replaced the original casino skybetvegas.com which ran from 1997 to 2009. It now boasts more than 200 games, including slots games, table games, instant win games, penny arcade and community games.

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