DraftKings Casino rolled out Lightning Link this week, and instead of a quiet software update, Barstool's gambling crew turned it into an all-night event. Lightning Link is one of the most recognizable slot machine franchises around, the kind of game people specifically seek out on casino floors, and now it's live inside the DK Casino app. Naturally, Barstool sent its people in to livestream the launch and see what the machine had for them.
The first big scare came from Eddie and Rico, who found themselves a single symbol away from a jackpot that would've made this a career night for either of them. Rico summed up the vibe with a simple "Chance of history", while Eddie put a number on it: 1 vanilla wafer away from $105,665. That's not a typo-friendly number to leave on the table.
The stream captured the moment Eddie and Rico sat one shot away from a $100K jackpot on Lightning Link.
The chase didn't happen in a vacuum, either — Dana Beers and Katic were apparently running their own parallel session, and it turned into an actual points battle. With 15 minutes left on the clock, Eddie posted the scoreboard himself: Dana and Katic sitting at 730, him and Rico trailing at 610.
Eddie posted the live standings with 15 minutes left in the slot showdown.
Once that session wrapped, the baton passed to Marty Mush and Ria for their own crack at the machine, kicking things off with the standard hype-tweet energy before the reels even started spinning.
Marty announced he and Ria were live on DK Casino to take their turn at Lightning Link.
Marty got teased early, posting that he was 3 away from a 52K hit, and then the pair actually connected. Lightning Link paid out for Marty and Ria, and the stream caught the hit live — the kind of moment that's the entire point of putting a livestreamed slot machine on a betting app in the first place.
Marty and Ria connected for a real-money hit on Lightning Link as the stream watched.
Nobody walked away with the full $105K jackpot on this particular night, but that's kind of the appeal of a launch stream like this — the near-misses are as watchable as the hits. With Lightning Link now live on DK Casino, expect Barstool's crew to keep chasing that six-figure number until somebody actually lands it.