Daily News: UK player who has won the jackpot immediately after registering and situation about online poker in Ukraine

UK player has won the jackpot immediately after registering

A resident of the UK has won a jackpot on the Major Millions video slot. Lucky guy won 1.5 million pounds on the day when he registered at the virtual casino Mega Casino.

Prior to receiving a major win, the new online casino user had 453 times to spin the reels on the slot with the progressive jackpot from Microgaming company. All the bets of the Mega Casino client haven't exceed 3 pounds sterling. The 454th spin became for the player lucky. The jackpot has been won in a mobile version of Major Millions.

Representative of the online casino Danny Hills commented on the winning of the new Mega Casino client:

This player was a newcomer on our site, and he has won mega-jackpot very quickly. People like such stories and we are glad to share them with our players.

Mega Casino is one of the most well-known online casinos on the SkillOnNet platform, which offers gaming operators all the necessary software and more than 1,350 slot machines, table and card games from major software providers including Microgaming, NetEnt, Yggdrasil Gaming, EGT and other companies.

The Major Millions video slot is one of the oldest and most popular slot machines with a progressive jackpot from the Microgaming studio. The game was released in 2000 and exists in two versions (with five and three reels). The maximum bet per spin is 3 credits. To have an opportunity to win the jackpot players have to use maximum bet.

Ukraine approved poker as the official sport

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine issued a decree on the approving poker as the official sport in the country.

The order was signed by Minister Igor Zhdanov on August 16, 2018. The game will be registered as "II.119. Sports Poker."

At the same time, the country officially divided karate and kyokusin kai as two separate disciplines.

Earlier, it was reported that Ukraine planned to take strict measures with regard to illegal gaming.

To date, about seven thousand illegal casinos operate in the country, and another 1.5 thousand gambling establishments are opened annually.