How Do You Win A Progressive Jackpot?

Progressive jackpot slots have been known to pay out life-changing sums of money. Many players have been lucky enough to win thousands from these slots, while a select few have even scooped prizes worth over a million. It goes without saying that the chances of winning such a huge cash prize are notoriously small. Even so, you’ve got to play these slots if you want a shot at winning. But how exactly do you go about winning a progressive jackpot and is there anything you can do to boost your chances of becoming the next big winner?

Winning Progressive Jackpots

The way you win a progressive jackpot varies depending on the slot you’re playing. For a lot of slots, the jackpot can be won at random on any spin, regardless of whether it’s a winning or losing spin. For some, bets of any size will qualify, though you have a slightly higher chance of winning if you’re placing a bigger bet. For others, you have to be placing the maximum bet per spin otherwise you won’t be able to win.

Then there are some where you have to land certain symbols. iSoftBet’s Jackpot Rango (inspired by the movie Rango) is a good example. To win this slot’s progressive jackpot, you need to land five progressive jackpot symbols on any payline, while at the same time betting the maximum amount of 10 coins per line. Microgaming’s Tunzamunni is another good example. This is a basic three reel slot with just one payline you can win on. To win the progressive jackpot, you need to be betting with five coins per spin and you need to land a silver 7, a red 7 and a blue 7 on the slot’s one and only payline in that order.

Some slots, such as Mega Moolah (also by Microgaming) actually have more than one progressive jackpot. When playing Mega Moolah, if you trigger the bonus wheel feature, you’ll be guaranteed to win one of four progressive jackpots:

• Mini Progressive: Starts at 10.00
• Minor Progressive: Starts at 100.00
• Major Progressive: Starts at 10,000.00
• Mega Progressive: Starts at 1,000,000.00

The feature can be triggered on any random spin, though you stand a higher chance of triggering it if you’re placing a bigger bet. Once triggered, you’ll get to spin a wheel that has 20 segments of equal size. There are four types of segment and each type corresponds to one of the four jackpots. However, only one segment will win you the Mega Progressive jackpot. Whenever this particular jackpot is won, the winner is made a millionaire in whatever currency they’re playing. In fact, six of the top ten biggest progressive jackpot payouts of all time have come from players wining Mega Moolah’s Mega Progressive jackpot. It’s also responsible for the single biggest payout of all time: an incredibly lucky Finnish player scooped a cool €18.9 million playing the slot in 2018.

NetEnt’s Divine Fortune has three progressive jackpots and uses a separate slot game to determine which one you win. Once you’ve collected three or more coin symbols, you’ll get to play the Jackpot Bonus feature. This is played on a three-row, five-reel grid with 15 independently spinning reels. Collected symbols are added to the reels in random positions. You get three free spins and whenever a bonus symbol lands, the number of free spins resets to three. If you manage to fill one row with coin symbols before the feature ends, you’ll win the Minor Jackpot. For two rows, it’s the Major Jackpot you’ll win. To win the Mega Jackpot, the biggest of the three, you’ll need to fill all three rows with coin symbols.

Conclusion

As you can see from the examples above, there are a few different ways in which progressive jackpots can be won. If you decide to play a progressive jackpot slot, have a look at the pay table to see how you can win the grand prize. Do remember, however, that you stand a very small chance indeed of winning. Even if you don’t manage to land the jackpot, you can still win some decent payouts from these slots.

Try Your Luck With SpaceLilly’s Progressive Jackpot Slots

Have a go of some of the progressive jackpot slots we’ve mentioned, or try out some others, such as Major Millions, a low variance Microgaming slot with an army theme. It would be great if someone playing at SpaceLilly Casino won a huge, life-changing cash prize. The next big progressive jackpot could be you, so what are you waiting for? Pick a progressive jackpot slot and get spinning!