Austria: man first wins the lotto and then the casino jackpot

A man from Kärnten in Austria seems to have found his luck. First, he won a four-digit amount in the lotto. Then he decided to continue playing in the Casino Velden and a short while later he won the highest slot machine jackpot in the country. How is this unbelievable story possible?

As the news portal, heute.at, has reported more than a week ago, the man from Kärnten had first won a four-digit amount in the lotto and then he cracked the highest slot machine jackpot. In March we had reported about a case, in which a man had cracked the jackpot of 229,000 US-Dollar in the casino and he had not realised.

First five right numbers in the lotto - and then he cracked the slot machine jackpot

The current case reminds us more of a story in a film than the reality in real life. At the end of the day, it is very impossible to first mark the five right numbers in the lotto and then just afterwards to also crack the highest jackpot in the country. The story begins, when the man from Kärnten wanted to pay out his lotto winnings of more than 1000 Euro in the Casino Velden. He decided on the spot to “reinvest” the yielded winnings and took his place at the Fort Knox slot machine. Shortly after it was done: He won Austria’s highest slot machine jackpot and thus he could call 10.622,73 Euro his own.

30 years ago, the winner had worked on the construction site of the casino

The statement given by the lucky devil after his record win is also unbelievable. He stated that around 30 years ago he had worked on the construction site of the same casino. Several decades later his life changed completely on that same spot when he won the unbelievable amount of more than 200,000 Euro. The man, who hails from the most Southern region of the Republic of Austria went on to say, that with the winnings he plans to support his daughter in her studies. In January of this year we had reported about an even higher winning, in which a French man had won more than 2.6 million Euro with a stake of 2 Euro.

Fort Knox Jackpot always starts of at 200,000 Euro

A total of 90 Fort Knox slot machines are affiliated with each other across the twelve casinos in Austria. Every time the jackpot is cracked, the jackpot restarts at the amount of 200,000 Euro. Just a month ago, on the 23^rd of April, a couple won the Fort Knox Jackpot in the Casino Bregenz, which is situated on the German border. The minimum stake at the Fort Knox slot machine is a fair 75 Cent.

Conclusion

The probability, that one first guesses the five correct numbers in the lotto and just afterwards cracks the highest slot machine jackpot in the casino is insignificantly low. Even the lucky chap himself, who hails from Kärnten was probably so astonished as he won the Fort Knox Jackpot which amounted to more than 210,000 Euro just after winning 1000 Euro in the Lotto.

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