SugarHouse Players Hit $250K In Online Jackpots Over Labor Day Weekend

Written By Katie Kohler on September 5, 2019 - Last Updated on April 10, 2024

The end of summer can inflict such sorrow. But for the two players who hit the Divine Fortune Jackpot on PlaySugarHouse.com over Labor Day weekend, it was was very sweet.

The back-to-back wins occurred less than forty minutes apart. They represent the first progressive jackpots won in Pennsylvania.

Divine Fortune is the first online slots game with a progressive jackpot for Pennsylvania online casinos.

SugarHouse Online Casino went live in the state on July 17, offering a fully-integrated experience that seamlessly merges casino games with sports betting.

Two Divine Fortune winners

On Sept. 1 at 7:30 a.m., a woman from Selinsgrove, PA hit for $196,209 on a $4 bet after only playing Divine Fortune for 17 minutes.

Then, “Fortune” struck again.

Thirty-nine minutes later, a man from Warrington, PA hit for $57,349 on a $30 bet after playing for nearly an hour. He had just signed up for an account on PlaySugarHouse.com 10 days earlier. Both winners were playing on their desktop computers when they won.

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Chatroom cheers jackpot winners

Other PlaySugarHouse.com players were stunned that the first-ever progressive jackpot hit for almost $200,000. In fact, they were still congratulating that winner in the chat room. Then, the second jackpot hit.

“Our Chat Room exploded with excitement when these players won,” said Richard Schwartz, the president of Rush Street Interactive, the site’s operator.

“When a Mega Jackpot hits it’s good for us, and the entire online gaming industry, as it shows anyone can easily make a few bets and change their life forever.”

New Jersey’s Divine Fortune jackpots

Neighboring New Jersey knows how fine Divine Fortune progressive jackpots can be. Divine Fortune is responsible for more mega jackpot payouts than any other progressive slot in New Jersey. Since its 2017 release, the game has paid out more than $3 million paid out to Garden State players.

What is Divine Fortune?

Developed by NetEnt, Divine Fortune is in the pantheon of slot blockbusters. Divine Fortune is a five-reel, three-row, 20-line (fixed) video slot game with three different jackpots, including the progressive Mega Jackpot.

  • Wild substitutions
  • Falling wilds re-spins
  • A wild on wild feature
  • Free spins
  • A jackpot bonus game with three different jackpots, including the progressive mega jackpot

How to win the Divine Fortune jackpot

To hit the Divine Fortune jackpot, you’ll need to spin three bonus symbols (gold coins). Once you’ve done that, the bonus game starts and gold coins move into view on 15 special reels. As the reels spin, you’ll win the minor jackpot for making an entire row of bonus symbols, the major for two rows, and the mega for all three rows.

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Katie Kohler is a Philadelphia-area based award-winning journalist and Managing Editor at PlayPennsylvania. Katie especially enjoys creating unique content and on-the-ground reporting in PA. She is focused on creating valuable, timely content about casinos and sports betting for readers. Katie has covered the legal Pennsylvania gambling industry for Catena Media since 2019.

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