I found an interesting bit of information in an archived article in Gaming Today. It said that each casino could limit how much money could be doubled up with the double up feature.
You can read the article here:
https://www.gamingtoday.com/news/pay...le-up-feature/
The key sentence is this:
"This continues until you lose, until you take the money and stop, or until you hit the maximum double-up limit set by the casino."
So I checked around. Several casinos no longer allow the double up feature, so they had no information about limits.
But on the Vegas Strip I was told that the Caesars casinos prior to the recent merger had a maximum double up limit of $4000.
This meant that if you hit, for example a $4,000 royal on a $1 game the double up feature would not work.
Let's say you hit quad 4s on a $5 Bonus game. The original pay is $1,000. You would be allowed to try to double up to $2,000 and again you could try to double up again to $4,000. But once you won $4,000 the double up feature would not kick in.
Therefore any claims of hitting payouts of more than $4,000 using the double up are bogus.
I also was told that no other casino company would risk double ups greater than $4,000.
Edited to add:
Anyone claiming to have won $1.5-million using the double up feature would have to use it a minimum of 375 times because of the double up limit. It would be many more than 375 times at casinos with limits less that 4-thousand dollars.
I'm sure so many $4,000 wins would be suspicious when the original bet denomination still shows on the machines.
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