Progressive Slots

The progressive slot is the one type of slot machine that we all dream of hitting the jackpot on. As explained in our other article on casino slots, progressive slot machines are the consoles you'll find in both real-world and online casinos that boast the biggest jackpots, very often eye-watering sums that you really could retire on! Instant millionaires have genuinely been created by progressive slot machines, creating a powerful mystique around progressive slots that lures many gamblers to play them.

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The Progressive Slot System

The progressive slot machine generates its headline prize by adding a percentage of every stake played through it to its jackpot. In this way every spin of a progressive slot machines reels will grow the jackpot until it is won. Progressive jackpot slots start from an advertised, fixed sum to get the ball rolling and revert to this when the jackpot is hit, after which the process begins over. Because these games are so popular with players (and also, it should be noted, to aim for the progressive slot jackpot you have to stake the maximum bet allowable per spin on that game) their jackpots usually grow very rapidly - taxi-meter style displays are part of their design, tempting players in with a constantly updating sum to be won! You'll very often see online casinos advertise the latest headline jackpots for all their progressive slot machines on their home pages using readouts of these escalating totals.

There are two specific types of progressive slot machines to be aware of, the 'stand-alone' and the 'networked'. Stand-alone progressive slots are machines whose jackpot is built exclusively from the money staked through that one machine. Networked progressive slots are a set of linked machines that collectively build a single jackpot which each of them could hit. What difference does it make? Well, clearly a network of progressive slot machines can entertain more players at any one time, the upshot of which is that the jackpot they can win will grow far faster than the standalone. See a massive progressive jackpot advertised and you can be 99.99999% sure it’s the prize for a set of networked progressive slots.

Should I Play Progressive Jackpot Slots?

Naturally the huge, tempting jackpots progressive slot machines offer aren't going to be easy to win - if they were, casinos wouldn't have them would they? - and you should be realistic about the odds of pulling off the winning combination. Like the National Lottery, the odds of winning a progressive slot jackpot in purely mathematical terms are pretty daunting however players can and do win.

If you can put your dreams of retiring a millionaire from a single spin on hold, choosing a stand-alone progressive slot can be the way to go, since they can be expected to hit their jackpots more often than networked progressive slots. Alternatively just consider playing a progressive jackpot slot once in a while to try your luck - a money management strategy used by some keen slot players is to set-aside just a portion of their bankroll to indulge a few goes on progressives. You could also plan to only use winnings from your other ordinary slot play to fund attempts on a really big prize, which effectively gives you some free progressive slots fun in your mix of casino entertainment. Above all, remember to play sensibly. You should play slots for fun. Playing progressive slots will cost more per play than ordinary machines so you might find you stretch your funds for slots fun much further if you don't get too dazzled by the whopping jackpots the progressives will advertise to woo you to them.