What are progressive jackpot slot machines?

Everybody like to feel like they could win big when they are gambling. Who goes to a casino or bets on horse races hoping they are going to lose? Well, something that is quite a novelty within gambling and particularly slot and pokies machines is the progressive jackpots that are offered by either the land based or online casinos. So what exactly is a progressive jackpot? Essentially it a a big pool of money that is offered as a win for interconnected slots, pokies or poker machines where a small percentage of the house profit is added to the overall jackpot which can be won by anybody playing the slot machines that are connected to the jackpot bonus.

To win the progressive jackpot a player will need to get a certain combination of pictures within the reels of the actual slot machine. Normally this is a straight line combination of 5 exact matching pictures at once. You will have to wager a minimum number of credits per bet to actually be eligible for the jackpot prize as well. It is quite hard to win the jackpot but they are quite attractive to regular players.

Some of the more popular pokies machines that offer the progressive jackpot are Mega Moolah, Major Millions, Fruit Mania, King Cashalot and Treasure Nile. Most of the major online casinos offer all of these games and a ticker is quite often shown quite prominently within the casinos themselves advertising the current jackpot. You will more often than not see this ticker increasing in value as more and more people play the machines. Remember that the more people play, the more the casinos actually contribute to the prize pool.

So why not try your luck at one of the progressive jackpot machines that are availabe in any of the casinos and great online pokies machines we listed within this website? You never know. You may be the next big winner. Remember that you can only win the prize if you are actually playing! And winners are grinners..

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