The spin before it was a disappointment. At 10:54:31 UTC on September 22, needapenthouse put $49,995 into a slot and got half of it back. Eighty-four seconds later they bet $49,990 again, and the reels paid 40x: $1,999,600.
Nearly $2 million from one spin is the largest single payout among the 457,000 bets we recorded across every game on September 22 and 23. The next biggest belonged to them too: $20,002 at 30.65x for +$593,025 at 07:55 the same morning.
Six sessions, $19.9 million
needapenthouse played in six long sessions over two days. Stakes of $800, $4,800, $7,200 and $8,000 were the everyday bets, with $12,000 and $50,000 spins mixed in and a handful at $100,000 or $200,000.
| Session (UTC) | Spins | Wagered | Biggest spin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 06:51–08:33 | 341 | $4.12M | $100,010 |
| Sep 22 10:22–12:42 | 303 | $4.93M | $100,010 |
| Sep 22 16:05–17:19 | 251 | $4.97M | $200,000 |
| Sep 23 07:28–08:31 | 89 | $1.16M | $50,005 |
| Sep 23 09:03–10:04 | 184 | $1.40M | $100,000 |
| Sep 23 13:58–16:37 | 557 | $3.32M | $199,701 |
Those spins add up to $19.9 million, about a third of the $59.3 million in slot bets we recorded from every player across the two days.
The next spin after the $2 million win was $100,010. It paid $1,000.
What they did next
They didn't slow down. Five minutes after the big win, at 11:00:46, they bet $100,010 on one spin and got $1,000 back. The session carried on for another hour and a half.
The biggest spin we saw from them was $200,000 at 17:04 on September 22, which paid 1.86x (+$171,350). The second biggest was nearly the last one: $199,701 at 16:36 on September 23, which paid 0.07x and lost $184,904. Their last spin we recorded came 53 seconds later.
A new account, and a very big one
Duel's high-score table (updated 09:22 UTC Sept 23) lists needapenthouse at $17.1 million wagered all time, +$1,111,516 in profit and #21 on the profit table. By that time we'd already recorded $15.8 million of their bets, so almost all of the account's history happened in the day and a half we were watching.
The same table shows $2.90 million deposited and withdrawals of $4,000,000, to the cent.