A jackpot is a prize that arrives apart from the ordinary paytable. It comes in two kinds: progressive, where the sum grows with stakes across a network, and fixed, where levels are named up front in bets, such as Mini, Major and Mega. Choosing starts with that difference.
The progressive template is Games Global’s Mega Moolah, first out in 2006. The reels are 5×3 with 25 lines, four jackpot counters over the reels and a wheel that appears when the screen dims. There is one regular bonus: three or more monkeys give 15 free spins with all wins tripled. Its RTP in our catalogue is 88.12%. In NetEnt’s Mega Fortune (23 January 2009) a wheel bonus awards three progressive prizes, one pooled across the whole network, and in January 2013 a player won 17.8 million euros on it.
Coins and fixed tiers
NetEnt’s Divine Fortune (24 January 2017) has three jackpots, one of them progressive, won by filling a grid with coins rather than spinning a wheel. Falling Wilds give respins in which scatters and coins can land. Payback is 96.59%, topping out at 1,000x. Pragmatic Play’s Wolf Gold (25 April 2017) uses a Money Respin: regular moons are worth 1x to 24x, Mini is 30x, Major is 100x, and filling all 15 positions adds a 1,000x Mega. Every fresh moon resets the count to three, which is why a respin starting with eight or nine moons is far more promising than a minimum trigger.
Yggdrasil Gaming’s Ozwin’s Jackpots (24 January 2018) lists five different jackpots at low volatility and 96.7% RTP. Its Empire Fortune (5 October 2016) is candidly dissected in the review: about 45.3% of the 94.3% RTP falls to the wheel, free spins and jackpots, while lines supply only around 49.0%.
In Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes (5 October 2017), the number of active Gold Symbols links the size of the bet to the jackpots in play. Wazdan’s 9 Coins (7 July 2022) pays nothing at all in the base game, and every prize sits in the Hold the Jackpot round.
Remember that a jackpot’s ceiling and the game’s RTP are linked, and the wait for a prize can be long. Progressive and fixed jackpots are compared in the guide to jackpot slots. To understand what the return figure means, read the piece on RTP.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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The RTP shown is the game specification. The version offered by a casino may differ.
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