Mega Moolah Jackpot claimed for NZ$6 million on 29th of October 2020

It has been a little while since the Mega Moolah jackpot was last landed back on the 19^th September 2020, well now we have what will be confirmed as the eighth big jackpot winner of 2020, after a jackpot trigger landed on the 29^th October 2020 for a prize of 6,017,395.68 in New Zealand Dollars.

The early indications are that this latest winner landed their prize in New Zealand Dollars, which if confirmed, would make them the eighth jackpot winner in this currency in the game's history and the fourth largest winner of a prize in New Zealand Dollars. The lucky winner would also become the third winner in New Zealand Dollars in 2020, which would mean 37.5% of wins in 2020 so far have been in this currency.

Largest New Zealand Dollar Mega Moolah winners

1. NZ$13,615,861 - May 8th 2020
2. NZ$10,144,396 - June 17^th 2016
3. NZ$8,332,554 - June 24^th 2018
4. NZ$6,017,396 - October 29^th 2020
5. NZ$4,966,562 - December 30^th 2019
6. NZ$3,075,081 - September 19^th 2020
7. NZ$1,599,752 - June 19^th 2017
8. NZ$1,062,336 - May 10^th 2013

*all prizes round up or down to the nearest NZ$. Find the winners tables on the Winners page.

Currency winners in 2020

1. Canadian Dollars - 4 Winners
2. New Zealand Dollars - 3 Winners
3. Euro - 1 Winner

If we go back to the last winner of 2019, this means that out of the nine last triggers of the top Mega Jackpot prize on the Mega Moolah slot, four of them have been Canadian Dollar winners, four have been New Zealand Dollar winners with just one Euro jackpot winner over that entire period.

How much has been won by New Zealand Dollar players on Mega Moolah?

Since the game began and with this latest winner from October 2020 added on to the amount, we have now had eight total winners of the jackpot prize that have played using New Zealand Dollars and between them they have won a total of NZ$48,813,937.62 (let's say NZ$48,813,938 to round it up to the nearest dollar).

Let's see how that compares with other amounts won in other currencies, first numerically and secondly when we convert the cumulative wins into the base currency of British Pounds.

Currency Wins on the Mega Jackpot

1. Canadian Dollars - 22 wins for CA$153,139,171
2. Euro - 15 wins for €69,600,779
3. NZ Dollars - 8 wins for NZ$48,813,938
4. GB Pound - 9 wins for £39,973,589
5. US Dollars - 8 wins for US$32,023,085
6. AU Dollars - 4 wins for AU$13,432,454
7. SAF Rand - 2 wins for SAF6,821,733

Converted and re-ranked win amounts (converted to British Pounds)

1. Canadian Dollars - CA$153,139,171 (£88,938,636)
2. Euro - €69,600,779 (£62,866,904)
3. GB Pound - £39,973,589
4. NZ Dollars - NZ$48,813,938 (£24,999,619)
5. US Dollars - US$32,023,085 (£24,782,793)
6. AU Dollars - AU$13,432,454 (£7,310,344)
7. SAF Rand - SAF6,821,733 (£1,407,773)

Using this data and the number of wins for each cash prize, we can work out which currency has triggered the largest average value win on the Mega Moolah slot since the game began, although it should be noted that given the fluctuations in he exchange rates since 2007, the actual amount of money each jackpot trigger was worth may be very different to the price it is valued at today.

Average Mega Moolah win in British Pounds

1. GB Pound - £4,441,510
2. Euro - £4,191,127
3. Canadian Dollars - £4,042,665
4. NZ Dollars - £3,124,952
5. US Dollars - £3,097,849
6. AU Dollars - £1,827,586
7. SAF Rand - £703,886

What we can see in this chart is that this latest New Zealand Dollar win has moved that currency above the US Dollar in terms of the average win value of Mega Moolah jackpot prizes when converted into the base currency of British Pounds, however NZ Dollar players trail behind the amounts won by Canadian Dollar, Euro and British Pound players on average, all of which are more than 4 million with the base currency British Pound, unsurprisingly given it is the strongest of all the currencies listed, offering the highest average win at over £4.4 million.

Other noteworthy facts surrounding this latest win

This latest winner is also the first time we have had a winner in late October as before that the latest winner in October came on October 16^th. Although this winner was not a true Halloween jackpot winner, landing their prize on the 29^th of the month means that they are closest to achieving that spooky honour than any other winner (the last closest winner being on the 5^th November).

It is the sixth time that the jackpot has been won in October and that means October now moves ahead of March as being the fourth most popular month for Mega Moolah wins.

Mega Moolah wins by month

• 11 Wins - May
• 9 Wins - June
• 7 Wins - April, September, November
• 6 Wins - October
• 5 Wins - March
• 4 Wins - January, August, December
• 2 Wins - February, July

It is the 20^th win landed in the autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in the southern) which is more than double the ten landed in the autumn in the north or summer south of the equator. It still trails the 23 wins claimed in Spring time in the northern hemisphere (autumn in the south).

With this being the eighth win of 2020 so far, this means that despite not awarding a winner until April 2020, we have now seen the third most Mega Moolah jackpots awarded In a year in 2020. However, the jackpot will need to be triggered a further four times for the year to match the 12 winners in 2019 or a further five times to eclipse the most successful year ever for Mega Moolah winners, which was the 13 winners landed back in 2017.

It is worth noting for comparison that back in 2007, 2008 and 2010, we saw just one Mega Moolah winner across the entirety of each of those three years, while as recently as 2015, we saw just two winners in the whole of that year.

This latest jackpot win is also just the second time that the jackpot has been won between the 6 million and 7 million mark and it has been 12 years since the jackpot was won between those two amounts. In comparison, the jackpot has been won between 1 and 2 million 16 times in total.

As yet, there are no details about the winner as the process of verifying the win is being completed, but it does mean that the Mega Moolah jackpot has now reset back and is currently offering a prize of just over 3 million to players.

If any more details about this latest Mega Moolah jackpot winner become available, we will bring you details of that in a later article.