Progressive Slots and Tournaments

Progressive Slots

Progressive slots are machines wherein the jackpot increases with the number of bets made by the players. These machines are linked together and a percentage of every bet made by the gamblers is transferred to the jackpot. As a portion of the money from every bet is transferred to the jackpot, the payback in progressive slots is a lot lower than the normal or non-progressive machines.

Types of Progressive Slots

There are various types of progressive slots. The three major types of slots are mentioned below:

Standalone slots: A standalone slot is not linked to the other slot games and the amount of jackpot consists of a percentage of contributions made by the gamblers into that single device. The standalone game has a meter in the front that displays the amount of money in the jackpot as the game progresses. The jackpot prize is generally lower in a standalone slot as compared to the other progressive slots.

In-House Or Proprietary Progressive Slots: The in-house slot consists of a group of slot games linked together with each slot game contributing to the overall jackpot. The various slot games that contribute to the progressive jackpot could be located in one online casino or be placed in various casinos that are owned by the group. The jackpots won through the in-house slot games are substantially higher, as the percentage of bets made by players in the various casinos owned by the same group add up to the final claim.

Wide Area Progressive Slots: Wide area progressive slots consist of a group of slot games that are owned by an independent body or a group of companies that are placed in unrelated casinos. As the amount of bets made will be enormous, the winnings from these machines can make up for more than one's life time earnings. However, as the jackpot is very large, the frequency of winnings is substantially low.

Progressive Slot Tournaments

There are only a few online casinos that conduct progressive slot tournaments. Some of them are 'sit and go' tournaments wherein the player can come and go at his discretion and try his luck at winning the jackpot. The participants in the progressive slot tournaments are asked to select a user name different from their normal user names to protect their identity. Most of the tournaments conducted online or otherwise, expect the players to pay a participation fee. However, there are some free slot tournaments which are given to loyal online casino patrons as a token of gratitude for their continuing contributions.

In a free slot tournament the participants are exempted from paying the entry fee. But unlike the online or normal casino tournaments, the participant can only play for a fixed time or a fixed number of spins as determined by the casino.

Some of the popular online progressive slot tournaments are the RiverBelle Slot Tournament, Roxy Palace Weekly Slot Machine Tournament and the Slotland Tournament.