| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Big Winner at a Mobile Gambling Site
- Monday, 1 May 2006
Online gambling, which started out as a small business, has since boomed into the $12 billion industry. Today there is no stopping the world of online gambling as it spreads from the computer, to your mobile device and even to the sky. And yes, just in case you were wondering, you can win just as big at a mobile gambling site, as you can on an online gambling site. A Texas man became the first Slotland.com player to hit the jackpot on a mobile phone and is the biggest mobile gambling winner to date.
The player known as "OlympiaGold" won $163,114 playing Slotland.com's Lucky Stars slot machine. "Our jackpot is hit every six weeks or so," said Hannah Morante of Slotland.com. "Not only is this the first time it's been won by someone using a mobile phone, it's also our biggest jackpot ever, breaking our previous record of $162,514." The Texas jackpot winner began gambling at Slot Land.com's mobile games last September when their most popular game from the web was launched on the new mobile gambling platform. There are three mobile slots now and a new one is added every couple of months. "OlympiaGold" was enjoying the newest mobile slot, Golden 8, but hit the jackpot when he switched to Lucky Stars.
"I am a gadget freak!" said the lucky winner when he learned he was the first mobile jackpot winner ever. "I love all sorts of electronic items, and so of course I have a nice mobile phone with all the extras. I wasn't even aware that you could gamble on your mobile phone until a friend of mine introduced me to Slot land's mobile games." Slot land.com now features three unique gambling games in its mobile suite and eight different slot machines plus video poker on the web site. Both mobile and web games share the same progressive jackpot pool.
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