Biggest Slots Jackpots How they grow and how you can win them!
A brief History of Progressive Slots
In the beginning there were no such thing as progressive slots; they only became possible in the early 1980s when microchips were added to slots machines. Even then it wasnt until March of 1986 that the first multi site linked progressive slot machines were introduced by the slot machine manufacturer IGT.
Having the same jackpot being fed from a number of different machines (which are often spread across a number of different casinos) means these progressive jackpots can quickly grow to be very large indeed. I have heard of casinos in Las Vegas where slots players have won over $8 million in a single win on a progressive jackpot.
How Progressive Jackpots Work
Progressive Jackpots grow by skimming an amount of money from each and every bet; this means that their payout rate on normal wins (non jackpot wins) is lower than that of a regular slots machine. However if you take the progressive jackpot into account the payout would be the same.
For example if you were playing at a Las Vegas casino on a linked progressive slots machine with a...