We have had a busy month interviewing our first two jackpot winners of 2005! We hope to reach our third jackpot winner soon and pass that story on to you as well. Meanwhile, read about our latest lucky players...

As we mentioned in our last newsletter, our first jackpot winner of 2005 was CORNELL1986, who won an astonishing $114,637 on January 30, while playing Golden 8. We were able to secure an interview with our first lucky winner of the year, and this is his wonderful story:

"I have been playing at Slotland for a couple of years now, and though I do not consider myself a regular player, I have played enough to know which games I like more than others. As a rule, I generally try to make a deposit every other month, and Slotland is such a great casino that my deposit usually lasts me a long time. I always deposit $200 when I do play, and this time was no different.

However, when I started playing, it did feel different. I was hitting more often than I generally do when playing here, and I could not believe my luck when I found my original $200 had grown to over $1,000! All of this happened within the first two hours of playing. It almost seemed that no matter where I went to play, I was coming out ahead by the time I was done.

I played my favorite, Booster, for a while, and saw my bankroll drop down to below $1,000. I decided to take a break (I had been playing for over 3 hours!) and have some dinner. Since I was so far ahead of the game, I decided to treat myself to a nice restaurant in town. By the time I returned home, I was feeling pretty good, after a nice meal and a few glasses of wine.

Of course, I could hardly wait to get back to Slotland to see if the machines would remain as hot as before. Within 30 minutes, I was back over $1,000, and feeling pretty confident that I could get up to $1,500 before the end of the night. I have had this superstitious habit of always starting with Golden 8 (I remember reading in one of the newsletters that this machine hits more jackpots than the other machines), and I was really doing better than ever on it this time. So I was kind of daydreaming as I was spinning, thinking about what to do with some extra cash. And that was when it hit! Three beautiful bars across my machine! I was speechless! I immediately awoke from my daydream and began pacing the floor. I called my daughter and told her the good news, and I swear I could barely sleep that night!

I was asked what I plan to do with all of this money. Actually, I am gifting $20,000 to the International Red Cross specifically for victims of the terrible tsunami tragedy that happened last year. This means something very special to me, because my late wife and I had vacationed in the Maldives 10 years ago. It was the last vacation I had with my wife before she died. I had always promised myself that if I ever had a nice windfall of cash, I would treat myself to a trip back to the Maldives. After the tsunami, I felt that instead I would rather give something back to the Maldives, as I have such good memories that the Maldives had given me! I had already contributed $1,000 to help the cause, and am very happy to be able to give even more!"

And our second jackpot winner, BADLANDMAN, who won $49,409 on February 10 while playing Wild Heart, had this to say:

"I have never considered myself a very lucky person, but Slotland changed my mind on that! Actually, I just discovered Slotland late last year, when I was surfing the Internet. I pretty quickly got hooked on it!

While I like slot machines, I have to admit I spend the bulk of my time playing the poker games Slotland offers. I have always loved poker and consider myself a pretty good player. In fact, during the three months I have been playing at Slotland, I am a few hundred dollars ahead of my deposits (well, that was BEFORE the big jackpot... now I am about $50,000 ahead!).

I especially like the graphics of Wild Heart (plus the two wild cards!), so I probably spend more time on that game than any other game at Slotland. One of my favorite things about this game is the monkey that swings on the vine when I win, while the tiger growls. I don't know why, but I really love that! It makes winning even more fun.

As I had a nice winning session earlier in the month, I was feeling pretty good about things and decided to immediately go full bore on my next deposit. So I plunked down $200 and went straight to Wild Heart. My first hand was really encouraging; I was dealt a King and Jack of Hearts along with a wild card. I kept those three cards and was most happy to see a straight flush hit the middle row of cards, for a nice payback of $125 on my $15 bet. That gave me a cushion as my bankroll had already increased by more than 50%!

I played for what seemed like hours, jumping between Jacks or Better, Striking 7s (I hit 4 sevens on a maximum bet for a $2,000 win!) and Wild Heart. I was beginning to lose steam as I was getting tired, but I was really winning like mad and decided to play 100 hands of Wild Heart at maximum bets before retiring for the night. By that time I had over $2,000 in my account, thanks to the 4 sevens in Striking 7s, so I knew that even if I lost EVERY hand, I was way ahead of my $200 deposit. Well, not only did I not lose every hand, it was less than 20 rounds when it happened. A natural Royal Flush of Spades was dealt across all three rows! I have honestly never seen a prettier sight than that!

Needless to say, I was wide awake after that deal. However, I was so nervous and excited that I simply could not play another round of anything. I actually left my computer on all night (not that I slept much!), so I could see it again the next morning.

I am still not sure what I am going to do with all this money, but of course, my wife is going to get a new diamond ring, even though I am a little late for Valentine's Day! Also, I have earmarked $1,000 for each of my two teenage kids as this year's Christmas gift. I will actually get crisp new $20 bills and we will put them in all sorts of envelopes and boxes, so there will be a lot of money for them to dig through! I already have college funds set up for both of them, so this is their fun money. Hmmm, maybe I should give it to them BEFORE Christmas so they can get me something nice! LOL

These two amazing jackpot winners seem to be setting the pace for a fantastic year for all $lotland players! Our congratulations go out to both CORNELL1986 and BADLANDMAN for their jackpot wins!

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