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Progressive
slots are usually a group of many slot
machines linked together by a network.
The big progressive jackpot is made by
taking a percentage of all the money
played into the machine. Not all
progressive slots are the same. There
are actually three different types of
progressive slots games.
Stand Alone Progressive slots
The stand alone progressive slots
"machine" is not linked to any other machines.
Instead of having a fixed top jackpot it takes a percentage of the coins
played and adds that to the award for the highest winning combination .It
has a meter on the front and shows you the jackpot. In most cases the
payback is equal to the other machines of that denomination but it just
distributed differently to give you a varying amount for the top prize.
The progressive jackpots for the stand alone
progressive slot is much lower than
the ones from progressive machines that are linked together.
In House Progressive slots
These are a group of progressive slots
games linked together and owned and operated by the
casino. They may be just in a single casino or linked together with several
sites if the gaming company owns more than one
online casino. The jackpots may
not be the multi-million variety but they can be quite a
large sum in
some casinos. They generally hit more often than the big wide area
progressive
slots.
Wide Area Progressive slots.
These are the progressive slots games that offer the life
enhancing jackpots. The games are
linked together from many unrelated
online casinos. These progressive slots are operated by an
independent operator rather than a
single gaming company. The
casino share in a percentage of the winnings but the operator owns the games.
A good example of online progressive
slots operators are software providers
such as Playtech and Microgaming. The Jackpots
might be extremely large but so are the
players chances of hitting the big
jackpot. These types of progressive
slots are the most commonly found at the
online casinos.
It’s perfectly fine to try your luck at the big progressive
slots hoping that lady
luck will give you a visit but try not
to make a habit out of it. Instead set
aside a certain percentage of your playing bankroll and use that for a shot at the big
life changing progressive jackpot. Winning one of these is pure luck and is a gamble.
Try not to spend your entire bankroll chasing
a dream. If you want to play
a progressive slots game you might be better off to concentrate your efforts on the Stand
Alones or the In House Progressives.
players odds are usually much better. Most importantly remember,
playing the progressive slots is pure entertainment
so do not forget to Have Fun!
Good luck
at your next progressive slots run,
The
Online Casinos USA Team
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