18th June 2024: A BetMGM customer fell just short of a massive £2 million jackpot after Portugal beat Czech Republic 2-1 in Tuesday night’s Euro 2024 clash, rather than the 3-1 scoreline she needed.
BetMGM’s free-to-play Golden Goals game offers customers the chance to win the life-changing sum by predicting six correct Euro 2024 scores – with one customer going into the match having correctly picked five.
Having already won £5,000 for being the last player standing, the London-based female player correctly called Spain 3-0 Croatia, Italy 2-1 Albania, Poland 1-2 Netherlands, Serbia 0-1 England and Austria 0-1 France – and was waiting on Portugal 3-1 Czech Republic to net the £2 million.
However, it wasn’t to be – despite eventually coming out on top in a close encounter thanks to a late winner from substitute Francisco Conceicao, Portugal could only beat their Group F rivals 2-1. That could even have been the decisive third goal, had Diogo Jota’s effort just moments before not been ruled out for offside.
BetMGM’s Golden Goals ran during the 2023/24 Premier League season, but this would have been the first time a player correctly predicted all six scorelines. The game is now back open for the second slate of Euro 2024 group games.
Sam Behar, Director at BetMGM UK, said: “At BetMGM, we take your expectations and raise them – and that’s why we give our customers the chance to win £2 million in our completely free-to-play Golden Goals predictions game.
“However, we were thrilled somebody got so close to winning the jackpot so soon! We were all thinking of the customer when Portugal made it 2-1 late on, but it just wasn’t to be. Now we’re waiting to see what happens in this second round of fixtures – could this be the game where someone bags the full £2 million jackpot?”
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