Jackpot Slots

Progressive Jackpot slots are undeniably the most exciting slot machines for they are the only ones which put at stake massive prizes worth millions of pounds.

In practice, just like video slots, progressive slots allow players to win coins when symbols form winnings combinations during the main game or during the Free Spins feature for example. However, on top of this, online progressive slots offer a chance at winning a jackpot and thus to take home a huge win which may change your life. This is in fact why a great number of casino players focus exclusively on this type of machine.

We speak of a Progressive Jackpot since its sum is not fix, the more bets the game registers, the more its sum increases. As a matter of fact, each time a gambler plays on a Progressive Jackpot Slot, part of their wager (approximately 10%) is set aside and added to the Jackpot pool. The more significant the volume of the bets on such as slot is, the faster the sum of the jackpot will increase.

One should know that the sum of the jackpots is common to all casinos of a same network. For example, the Jackpot of Mega Moolah by Microgaming is the same for all casinos which offer this game, which means that the Jackpot pool is formed thanks to the bets of players on hundreds of different casinos. Imagine that players from all over the world contribute to the prize pool! The jackpot may fall at any time and in any casino, it is of course completely random.

Once it has been won by a player, the casino Jackpot does not fall back to zero, it is simply reset to its initial predetermined value called Jackpot seeds which is financed by the casinos. For example, the minimum threshold (or Jackpot seeds) of the Mega Jackpot of Mega Moolah is of £1 million and generally falls once it reaches £10 million, however this is just an average. In September 2018, it set the world record in the online casino world for it was won when it was worth over £16 million!

Note that Jackpot games may put into play several jackpots of different value. On Mega Moolah, one may for example find 4 different jackpots (Mini, Minor, Major and Mega ) and there are 3 prize pools on Mega Fortune and Mega Fortune Dreams ( Rapid, Major and Mega).

How can I win a progressive Jackpot?

Every online jackpot Slot has its own slot engine and a jackpot may therefore be triggered in several different ways.

Entering the Jackpot Game for a chance at hitting a massive win

In some games, one must first enter the Jackpot round and have luck on their side to obtain one of the Jackpots at stake. It is for example the case for the Netent slot Mega Fortune.
In order to access the Jackpot Game, the player must obtain 3 BONUS symbols represented by a wheel. Once he has entered the Bonus Game, he must then turn up to 3 wheels, each of which will allow him to either win some coins or to access the greater Jackpot

Less fortunate players will thus still go home with some coins, whilst the luckiest players will leave with one of the three Jackpots up for grabs (Rapid, Major and Mega Jackpot). Whatever happens, the player will not leave empty handed but in order to land a big win or a huge prize, he must hit the Jackpot.

Mega Fortune is one of the most popular online slots given the extraordinary winnings it may offer its players. It is – no pun intended – a millionaire machine!

The biggest win ever obtained thanks to this progressive jackpot slot:

In January 2013, a Finnish player won offer 17 million euros (€17,860,868) on this game, that is, more than £14.5 million. This incredible win is the biggest ever recorded on this slot machine, and it was also world record until this amount was exceeded by the Mega Moolah Jackpot!

The last times Netent’s Mega Fortune Mega Jackpot fell:

• 27^th September 2018 (over £2.6 million)
• 30^th 2018 (over £4.6 million)
• 5th May 2018 (over £2.85 million)

Obtaining the Jackpot using specific combinations on specific paylines

Other online progressive slots require obtaining a winning combination on certain specific lines. At times, for some games, the player may only enter the Jackpot Game if he is playing on all lines. Playtech has developed two famous jackpot slots of this type: Gold Rally and Beach life.

Gold Rally is an online progressive slot with 3 reels and 8 paylines, which brings into play a single progressive jackpot. The Jackpot is obtained when the entire screen fills itself with scatter symbols representing a weighing scale. If you land 9 Scatters, the progressive Jackpot is yours.

Biggest win on Gold Rally: £3,9 million

The last times the progressive Jackpot Gold Rally fell:

• 23^rd July 2018 (£110,000)
• 14^th July 2018 (£126,000)
• 2^nd July 2018 (£1.1 million)

Beach life, a 20 payline machine, is also a game by the slot provider Playtech. To have a chance of obtaining the single progressive jackpot found in this game, the player must imperatively play and all 20 lines, for the combination which allows one to pocket the Jackpot may only be landed on the 20^th line.

Biggest win on Beach life: £6,2 million (in 2012)
This Playtech slot is also known for having given the biggest UK mobile slot jackpot (£4.5 million)

The last times the Beach Life progressive Jackpot fell:

• 20^th May 2017 (£2.1 million)
• 8^th August 2016 (£2 million)

Making the most of a Mystery Jackpot

The way the Mystery Jackpot works is quite different, since the player does not need to obtain a winning combination to win the jackpot. The Jackpot will arrive at any given moment and at random. As soon as it arrives, the player wins the prize pool, there is nothing to be done.

The Mystery Jackpot may arrive regardless of the sum of the bet, however the higher the bet is, the more significant the chances of hitting the jackpot will be. It is therefore by playing with the max bet that the player has the most chances of having the Mystery Progressive Jackpot make an appearance. Even though they are not many of them online, mystery slots have met with great success for they offer a unique and completely captivating gaming experience.

One of the best Mystery Jackpot slots is Rise Of Ra. This EGT slot which immerses you into the Ancient Egyptian world is absolutely thrilling thanks to its Mystery Jackpot called Jackpot Cards. It is made up of 4 different jackpots, each of them represented by a playing card symbol (suits, spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs). Thus, the mystery bonus may arrive at the end of each bet. During this special game, one is presented with 12 cards face down. The player must turn them around one by one until he obtains 3 cards with the same symbol. He will then be rewarded with the jackpot linked to that symbol. Whatever happens, once the player has entered the Mystery Jackpot, he can rest assured that he will leave with a jackpot!

Entering the Jackpot Feature out of luck

There are also Jackpot games which are triggered at random at any moment during the game. This is the case of Mega Moolah which is undoubtedly the best online progressive jackpot slot and the most exciting of all, for the Jackpot mode may be triggered at any moment. Once you have entered the Jackpot round, you can be assured that you will go home with one of the 4 different Jackpots at stake (Mini, Minor, Major or Mega). You must spin a wheel upon which there are different colours, every one of them corresponding to a jackpot. You will win the jackpot which corresponds to the colour on which the wheel stops.
Launched in November 2006 by the slot provider Microgaming, this is the game which has the most impressive winnings up for grabs. As a matter of fact, this game holds the world record of the biggest online jackpot since the 28h September 2018 when a player hit the jackpot when it was at the highest level ever recorded: €18,915,721 !
Mega Moolah is a perfect game for high rollers for Microgaming clearly indicates that the more significant the sum of the bet is, the greater the chances of winning the progressive jackpot shall be.

Biggest win on Mega Moolah: €18,9 million. It is the world record when it comes to online progressive jackpots.

The last times the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot fell:

• 28th September 2018 (€18.9 million, that is £16.7 million)
• 24th June 2018 (£6.3 million)
• 20th April 2018 (£1.7 million)

Highest progressive jackpots ever in online casinos and land-based casinos

Whether it is in land-based or online casinos, the jackpots can reach unimaginable sums!

The most enormous jackpot was hit in Las Vegas in the notorious Excalibur Casino on the game MegaBucks in March 2013. It stood at $39,710,826! Moreover, MegaBucks is the game which breaks all records. It has already made more than 240 people millionaires, and it is on this slot that all the biggest jackpots in the land-based casinos of Las Vegas have been won. ($34.9 million in January 2000, $25.5 million in November 1998 and $22.6 million in March 2002).

The online jackpots it offers are just as impressive. It is the famous Mega Moolah slot by Microgaming which holds the record in terms of sum of winnings. Just like we have said, by paying a player €18,9 million, that is, £16,7 million on the 28th September 2018, Mega Moolah became the slot which gave out the biggest jackpot in the history of the industry of online casinos. The winner, who had played on Grand Mondial Casino, had placed less than 50 bets of 75 cents before obtaining the grail! After becoming the biggest player on online casinos, he preferred to remain anonymous, and we understand why!  For the record, imagine that as we write these lines, the slot provider Microgaming has already distributed over £800 worth of payout to its players!

Prior to that, it was the Mega Jackpot of the slot Mega Fortune by Netent which held the record of the biggest online payout. A Finnish player had won €17,8 million on Paf Casino, that is approximately £14,9 million.