The official release:
St. Johns, Antigua, May 1, 2005 – A new online record progressive jackpot milestone was reached on April 30th when a player won $1,853,875.84 playing the 8-line progressive Gold Rally slots at Casino Swiss.
Hilly Ehrlich, spokesman for IOG Casinos Ltd of Antigua, the parent company of the Playtech-powered Casino Swiss, said today that the record jackpot was won by a 30-year old woman who has been playing online at Casino Swiss since January 2005.
“We are understandably excited and proud to be paying out this record Gold Rally jackpot at Casino Swiss,” said Ehrlich. “It’s not every day that a once-in-a-lifetime event like this occurs and we are absolutely delighted for the winner, ” he added.
Casino Swiss (http://www.casinoswiss.com) was the first of the casinos established by IOG Casinos Ltd of Antigua, which has been operating online since 2002. IOG Casinos Ltd also operate other respected online properties including Casino Las Vegas (http://www.casinolasvegas.com), Casino King (http://www.casinoking.com) and Magic Box Casino (http://www.magicboxcasino.com) and Fair Poker (http://www.fairpoker.com).
All of the member casinos are powered by Playtech NV of Antigua (http://www.playtech.com), one of the world’s leading developers of online casino and poker software.