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Online Casino Slots Tournament Millionaire

By: Joe Valentino, Thursday November 5th 2009
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When the Grand Slam of Slots was announced by Microgaming months ago it had raised a lot of hype. The center piece of that hype was a first place prize of €1 million. It was the first time ever that a seven figure first prize was being awarded in an online tournament. The Grand Slam of Slots has lived up to the hype. Players at Microgaming online casinos flocked to qualifier events vying for a coveted seat to the final. Then on November 2 it was all over and the online casino industry had a new millionaire.

In a press release Microgaming has announced the name of the winner. The winner is Stefan from South London who played the event under the alias Pattoned. Since he entered the tournament through a €2 qualifier from Ladbrokes Casino he is known as a Ladbrokes player and has done that online casino proud. Speaking about the win Pattoned said, "I’m ecstatic to have won and can’t quite believe it yet. I’m absolutely stunned! What will I do with the money? Who knows; we’ll have to wait and see! " Pattoned demonstrated that online casino players are responsible gamblers when asked if he would quit working now that he had received this windfall. Pattoned replied, "I’m not thinking about leaving work at all, I absolutely love what I do and want to continue it for as long as I can".

The Grand Slam of Slots went all the way to the wire. For over a week Rick H from Red Flush Casino held the top spot keeping all competition at bay. Then with only 24 hours of the competition left Pattoned, true to his alias, bulldozed his way ahead. In the end Pattoned posted a score of 109,780 points, which was over 36,000 points higher than that posted by Rick. The victory is all the sweeter for Pattoned because his winning score was achieved on his birthday. This was the best birthday present he could ever get. Rick is not going empty handed. He wins the €50,000 second place prize and a free entry into the next Grand Slam final. In fact the top ten players are all getting the free entries.

There is no doubt that the Grand Slam of Slots has been a resounding success. It is difficult to imagine the technical expertise required for handling simultaneously connected casino players and processing the vast volume of data that a tournament of this magnitude generates. Mike Hebden, Casino Channel Lead at Microgaming said, "We are delighted to have been the power behind the biggest ever online slot tournament and offer our congratulations to Pattoned on this historic win." The Microgaming team is now setting its sights on the next season of the Grand Slam of Slots, which will be even bigger.

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Comment by: Karon Spence On: November 08, 2009
That's amazing! I'm really happy for this individual. I was playing in the tournament and following it quite close as well. The person Rick H was in the lead for so long and then right at the end there he was beat and not by a small amount either. I have a bit of a feeling that the tournament could have been rigged.
Comment by: Blake On: November 07, 2009
Nice score too bad it wasn't me, lol... I did try and played hard in this tournament but it just didn't work out. I ended up only winning 250EUR. It's not bad but it's way less then I ended up spending in the tournament.

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