When you receive free spins as a player, what do you believe is most likely to happen? Are you of the opinion that it is simply a marketing ploy to grab your attention and get you playing at the casino in the hope you'll spend more cash?
Do you believe that if you receive free spins then you have absolutely zero chance of winning the biggest jackpot prizes on the game being played?
If you do then you would not be alone. This is a commonly held belief. Despite the fact that slots cannot tell which players are playing the game with free spins as opposed to those playing for cold, hard cash, many slots players still believe casinos have their machines set up so that free spins players can only lose, or win tiny amounts.
Of course, there's no real evidence for this, but it feels right because it seems like that is what happens to us when we redeem a free spins offer.
The argument used to be that if there really was a player who had won a big amount using free spins, then we'd certainly hear about it.
And a year ago in January of 2014, we most certainly did.
The lucky person wishes to remain anonymous and all we know about him is that he has the initials A.F. and that he hails from somewhere in the Netherlands and the story about his 738,479 Euro jackpot win is truly astonishing.
Chiefly because unlike almost every other big jackpot winner before him, not only was A.F. playing from his mobile phone, but he was also playing using free spins that his casino had donated to him.
For his birthday, A.F.'s casino had decided to reward him with 50 Euro's worth of free spins on his choice of slot. A.F. selected Major Millions, the famous progressive jackpot slot from Microgaming, upon which to spend his cash.
It is also worth noting here that Major Millions is a very simple slot to play. Unlike other progressive slots which can have masses of paylines and bonus games, Major Millions is a relatively straightforward slot. Something which obviously appealed to A.F. as he is a self-confessed novice gambler.
A.F. explained "The casino had sent me a 50 Euro gift for my birthday, so I decided to use it to place some bets on my favourite game, Major Millions.
"The jackpot was over 700,000 Euros and I was using free money, so I had nothing to lose."
Of course, conventional faulty slot wisdom dictates that if you have free spins then your chances of winning should be nil. However A.F. was about to prove that assertion wrong in double-quick time.
Just a couple of minutes into playing something incredible happened.
"The reels started flashing and the bells started ringing... I couldn't believe it"
Not only had A.F. won big, but he had landed the Major Millions top jackpot prize to the tune of 738,479 Euros!
As if this story wasn't strange or exciting enough, A.F. revealed at a private press conference to talk about his win, that he was not only using free spins from his casino when he hit the big jackpot, but that he was also using his mobile phone with the casino for the first time.
"It was the first time I'd played [the] casino using my iPhone," he told amused reporters following his win.
"Normally I use my computer, but I love being able to play outside."
A.F.'s win is certainly the biggest jackpot win that can be confirmed as coming from free spins awarded to a player by the casino and it is also one of the biggest ever wins by any player playing via a mobile (though we suspect there are at least one, if not two, possible players who have won more playing different games from their handheld devices).
And what is A.F. going to do with his new found wealth? Perhaps predictably he stated;
"I'm going to buy a new house with the money I won!"
Of course, every jackpot story is heart-warming and exceptional in its own right, due to the rarity with which the big jackpot prizes are won, but to actually win the biggest prize on a hugely popular game like Major Millions, using free spins, is a stunning achievement.
Furthermore, it also shows players that it is indeed possible to win a huge amount of money from a free spins offer as the proof that so many demanded, is now readily available.
So why not see if you could be the next big free spins jackpot winner? There's plenty of great offers on the Free Spins, Free Chip and Free Bonus pages, which could potentially see you land a life-changing amount of money and perhaps become the next big free spins jackpot winner to hit the news.
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