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Progressive jackpots in online casinos
Jackpot! This word does not only mean an unexpected find of something of value, like some money in your jacket you haven’t worn for years, but also – in the original meaning – a usually big amount of money that can be won in a game of chance.
Most classic slot machines offered jackpots in the years of gambling history, but these winnings were usually limited to a single machine and a relatively small amount stored in the machine. With the development of technology, though, progressive jackpots have reached their full potential
In progressive jackpot games a small amount of money is added to the jackpot after each gamble. Large networks of games tied together have the fastest growing progressive jackpots. Players who hit a certain winning combination qualify to winning these jackpots. The large amounts that can be accumulated by progressive jackpot games are an attractive incentive to betting at that certain game.
Progressive jackpots are usually offered by games of slots and video poker, although some casinos offer other progressive jackpot games, such as blackjack, roulette or several poker variants.
Progressive jackpots can be of several types, like standalone games that increase the jackpot amount after each bet, in-house networks of slot machines or video poker machines that all contribute to a single, bigger jackpot, or large networks of several operators’ games that all contribute to the same larger jackpot. These networks often feature winnings of several tens or hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars.
Online casino game developers often feature networks of games with progressive jackpots. These games are attractive to players, usually because the high value of the jackpot. Online casinos use the amount of progressive jackpots as a means of attracting customers.
Progressive jackpot amounts are usually somewhere between a few thousand and millions of dollars.
Microgaming, one of the leaders of the online casino games industry, offers several games with progressive jackpots – several types of poker games, speciality games, and their well-known progressive slots called “Mega Moolah”. The highest ever Mega Moolah winning recorded until the writing of this article was over $8 million.
NuWorks also features games with progressive jackpots. Their network called “MonsterMillions” offers a jackpot of over $1 million.
Playtech’s progressive jackpot network called “Win a Jackpot” also features amounts of millions. The highest amount ever won by a player of a Playtech progressive jackpots slot machine was over $8 million.
