Businesswoman Carol Andrew from Surrey is celebrating what may be the biggest ever online casino win in the UK, after picking up a cool $137,000. Andrew's win came when playing the CashSplash game on King Solomon's online casino (www.kingsolomons.com).

"I'd noticed that the jackpot was higher than I'd ever seen it," Andrew remembers. "I told my husband, who was watching TV. Then he heard this little cry and we just sat there staring at the screen. We couldn't believe it."

By coincidence, Andrew had already won a hefty $20,000 on a King Solomon's game of poker. "That was very exciting," she remembers. "You tend to think 'that's my win over now' but I seem to be lucky with King Solomon's. I think the odds are better than you'd get elsewhere, because online casinos have less overheads."

King Solomon's marketing manager says that pay-outs from money wagered are set at around 97 per cent, with the casino's financial operations scrutinized by accounting consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The $137,000 payment was made on the working day following Andrew's win, though conversion to pounds meant the money was in her account a week later. "We've decided to take a Caribbean cruise next March," says Andrew, "and put a little aside for our retirement."