Full-time mum wins $408,000 PKR jackpot

LONDON -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Pioneering online poker room and casino PKR.com celebrated the biggest payout in its six-year history earlier this month after its $408,479 progressive jackpot was won.

Winner "jayleigh76" struck it lucky on the PKR Games Room’s Adventures in Wonderland slots game having staked just 20 cents. “I really can’t explain how I felt. It was so surreal. I phoned my family straightaway, and we partied till the early hours. They are over the moon for us.”

The jackpot win came at an opportune time for the full-time mother of two, whose win was followed by further good news. “Two days after the win, I found out I was pregnant again, so it was definitely a rollercoaster of a week for me!” said the 36-year old from Donegal. “The first thing I’ll do is take my children to Disneyland. They’ve been asking since they were little, and finally now I can.”

Earlier on the same day, Belfast resident "lucky4345" lived up to his online username, winning the Chain Reactors Super Trails progressive jackpot for a $63,514 payday. The brace of wins takes the Games Room’s jackpot payouts for 2012 to more than $780,000.

Marketing Director Simon Prodger is delighted with the timing of the two wins. “We’ve been waiting for the massive Adventures in Wonderland jackpot to be won. We’re really pleased for Jayleigh; hers is a great story. And to get two jackpot winners on the same day is incredible!”

PKR’s Games Room offers 12 progressive jackpots including the Pharaoh’s Treasure slots game, which has reached $108,000. It currently offers a $10 free bet to new players, and a variety of weekly offers.