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New Jersey online casino player wins $3 million slot jackpot with $2 bet

Sam Bentham
Last updated: 11.12.2023
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A New Jersey online casino gambler has won a $3 million progressive jackpot prize from a $2 bet on Bison Fury. The winner has chosen to remain anonymous, but has revealed they have played at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City for more than 20 years.

The win was announced in a press release by BetMGM, the online gambling operator behind Borgata Online. Both BetMGM and Borgata are operated through a partnership between MGM International and Entain. MGM is one of the biggest casino developers in the US, while Entain operates some of the most successful online gambling platforms globally.

A New Jersey online casino gambler has won a $3 million progressive jackpot prize from a $2 bet on Bison Fury. The winner has chosen to remain anonymous.

Bison Fury is a game developed by Entain, and is a 5×3 slot game with a Return to Player (RTP) percentage of 93.41%. The slot has four progressive jackpots you can win on any spin, as well as a free spin feature you can start by landing scatter symbols. There are 1,024 ways to win with this slot, and uses the All Ways engine.  

Bison Fury is one of more than 20 games included in the BetMGM state-by-state jackpot network, which is available through BetMGM Casino and Borgata Online Casino. Other popular games include Dead Sea Scrolls, MGM Grand Millions, and Mirage Mega Magma

This isn’t the first big win to come from the BetMGM jackpot network in recent times. A Michigan player won $1.2 million from a $5 bet while playing MGM Grand Millions in October, while a West Virginia gambler claimed a $746,000 win on Bison Fury from a $2 wager. Overall, the BetMGM network has paid out more than $75 million in jackpots in the first half of 2023. 

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