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Amazing World Casino and Gambling Records

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Everything that matters has a record. Whether the records are set intentionally or by accident does not really matter. What we care about are the records. And because we love gambling and casino games so much, we shall take a look at a few World Gambling and Casino Records.

Largest Online Pay-out

This record is in the Guinness Book of Records. The Largest Jackpot Payout in an Online Slot Machine. Mr J Heywood was the lucky winner of a massive €17 879 645 jackpot. Let’s convert that to our currency, which gives us R282 565 279.92. That’s a lot of money. He was playing Mega Moolah, which just like Jackpot Piñatas, a very popular progressive jackpot at Punt Casino.

Largest Slot Machine Win

So as to avoid confusion, the record mentioned above is for online slots and this one is for a land-based slot machine. The record for the Largest Slot Machine Pay-out was won by a 25-year-old software engineer. After putting in $100, he won $39 713 982, in our currency that’s R535 539 749.81. People are definitely winning with casino games out here.

Most Players in an Internet Poker Room

People who love poker will play it anywhere. But we do recommend that you log in and play it at Punt, where it is faster, bigger and better. The record for the most players in an internet poker room is 307 016, all playing simultaneously. They played a total of 42 814 virtual tables. Tjoh, that was a lot of poker playing.

Largest Baccarat Win

How about we give you a bit of motivation to try online baccarat? The record for the largest win on the game is $12 890 500 which is R173 943 131.21. This was in Macao in 2015.
Log in and play at Punt, maybe you too might be lucky to walk away with one of our many jackpot prizes.
 

History and Origins of Casino Games

Where it All Began

picture of old gambling saloonThere is no exact date that states when the first casino games were played. Apparently, people were too busy having fun to record dates. We do not blame them. Who would leave a good game of baccarat to take down notes anyways?
The first ever casino’s however, were not called gambling houses. In those days they were referred to as saloons. The first ever European saloon was the Ridotto, established in Venice 1638 by the Great Council Venice. That was way back. Essentially this means that people have been gambling for more than 300 years.
In America, the creation of salons was influenced by the four major cities, New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco and St. Louis. They were created so that travellers could find people to talk to, drink with and best of all gamble with.

The Oldest Games

Blackjack and Roulette are the oldest casino games that are still played today.

Roulette

The history behind the origins of the game is quite foggy. The most popular theory, however, is that the game was created by mistake. It is believed that roulette was created by Blaise Pascal, a mathematics wizard from the 17th century. He was trying to create a perpetual motion machine, and somehow, it became a Roulette Table. And the French took all the credit.

the originsBlackjack

The French must have loved to have fun, as the history of Blackjack is also accredited to them. The exact origins, like those of roulette, are rather foggy. Many however agree that it originated in France in 1700. Blackjack was known as “Vingt-et-Un”, this translates to 21.
Now people all over the world can enjoy these games even on the go. South Africans are privileged to be able to enjoy the games at Punt Casino, a top online casino even on the international scene.

Play The Golden Lotus for Real Money or For Fun

golden lotus slotRealTime Gaming offers you the chance to get hold of the luckiest flower in Ancient China in The Golden Lotus online slot. The Golden Lotus will bestow fortune upon all those who find it in this online slot. The game will also reward you greatly if you manage to find other symbols such as the Chinese Lanterns, the Poker Symbols, the Jade Dragons, the beautiful Geisha Girls, and the Ming Vases. The Golden Lotus internet slot also has various bonus games including the White Lotus Scatters, the White Lotus feature, the Golden Lotus Wilds, the Chinese Garden feature, as well as a random progressive jackpot. All slot players with different budgets can play this slot as you can bet from as little as R0.10 per spin.
The theme of this game is based on a Chinese Garden. The backdrop features a beautiful garden with over-hanging beautiful flowers. It also has a lovely Pergola that is accentuated by a gorgeous sunset. The online slot has a 5×3 reel grid which offers 25 paylines.

Golden Lotus Gameplay

Before gameplay, choose the number of lines and the coin sizes to bet on. You get to play for a minimum of R0.10 or R2.5o coins per line, for all of the 25 lines.
The main Wild symbol in this slot is The Golden Lotus. This wild symbol can replace for all the other symbols, creating more winning combinations on the paylines for the player. If you manage to find the Scattered White Lotus, your total bet will be multiplied by up to 500x. Both of the Lotus will trigger either;
I. The Garden feature which is triggered by 3 or more Golden Lotus symbols. In this feature, you will have to choose 4 of 8 Golden Lotus. These will award you with up to 10x your triggering bet.
II. The free game’s features awards you with up to 5 to 20 free games. All prizes in this round are doubled. As a bonus, during the free games, all White Lotus turn to Wild Golden Lotus.
In the meantime, 3 or more White Lotus trigger 8 free games. All prizes are tripled during the free games. Because it is random, you will win the progressive jackpot after any number of spins.