Online slots award some of the biggest jackpots that the gambling world has ever seen. While slot machines in land-based gambling venues are quite generous, progressive slots in the online casino market make players into multimillionaires on a regular basis. This is thanks to the sheer number of players in the online gambling market and the vastness of online progressive slots networks.
In the online casino world, there are three types of jackpot networks, the most common of which is the wide-area progressive network. This type of jackpot network links the prize pool of a particular game across a number of online casino websites. So, hundreds of players at dozens of online casinos contribute to the prize pool, ensuring that the prizes climb very quickly.
Mega Fortune – Net Entertainment
The number of players in the online casino world also contributes to the fact that jackpots are much larger at gambling websites. Multiple players can wager on the same game at once, driving up the jackpot prize pool to lucrative levels. In the land-based casino world, only one player can sit at a game at any point in time, so jackpots climb quite slowly in comparison to online slots jackpots.
The biggest jackpot networks in the online casino world belong to Microgaming and PlayTech. Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network has been around since the turn of the century, so the company has had over a decade to add new games and expand its prize pools. Over the years, Microgaming slot machines have paid out over $400 million in progressive jackpot prizes. The company’s most generous game is Mega Moolah, which offers up prizes worth more than $5 million on a regular basis.
Mega Moolah – Microgaming
The WinAJackpot network from PlayTech has not been around for as long as Microgaming’s network, but it has been very generous for the duration of its existence. The network was established in 2003 and has paid out over $126 million in winnings over the course of the decade. The biggest jackpot ever awarded by PlayTech was worth an impressive $7.5 million from the game Beach Life.
Some newer online jackpot networks are also proving themselves to be quite generous. For example, International Game Technology’s MegaJackpots network offers prizes worth a minimum of $1.5 million. Net Entertainment has also proven its worth by paying out a $22 million jackpot last year, smashing the record for the biggest jackpot ever awarded in the online casino world.
Biggest Progressive Jackpot Wins
1 Mega Fortune Mega – 20 January 2013, by Anon, Finland at Paf Net Entertainment €17,860,868
2 Mega Fortune Mega – 23 September 2011, by Anon, Norway at Betsson – Net Entertainment €11,735,446
3 Arabian Nights – 23 November 2012, by Anon, Finland at Paf Net Entertainment → Paf €8,635,872
4 Mega Moolah Mega – 9 May 2009,by Georgios M. at River Belle Microgaming, Quickfire £6,374,600
5 Hall of Gods Mega – 8 February 2012,by Anon, Sweden at Unibet Net Entertainment €7,673,975
6 Hall of Gods Mega – 23 October 2012, by Anon, Norway at Betsson Net Entertainment €7,361,478
7 Hall of Gods Mega – 28 May 2014, by Anon, Sweden at Betsson Net Entertainment €7,361,240
8 Mega Moolah Mega – 9 December 2012,by John Orchard at Butlers Bingo Microgaming, Quickfire £5,882,594
9 Mega Moolah Mega – 18 April 2008, by Klaus E. at Blackjack Ballroom Microgaming, Quickfire £5,556,753
10 Mega Fortune Mega – 18 January 2012,by Anon, Finland at Paf Net Entertainment €6,864,812
11 Hall of Gods Mega – 20 April 2013, by Anon, Sweden at Betsson Net Entertainment €6,739,821
12 Beach Life – 12 February 2012,by Anon at BetFred Casino Playtech £5,219,723
13 Hall of Gods Mega – 27 October 2013, by Anon, Scotland at BetVictor Net Entertainment €6,413,593
14 The Big One Colossal Cash – 17 March 2013, by Anon at Party Casino PartyGaming $7,525,831
15 Mega Moolah Mega – 12 June 2014,by Anon, Microgaming, Quickfire £4,259,527
16 Mega Fortune Mega – 26 May 2013, 23:44 by Sandro at BetVictor Net Entertainment €5,306,303
17 Mega Fortune Mega – 22 February 2011,by Anon, Sweden at Paf Net Entertainment €5,298,977
18 Mega Moolah Mega – 29 August 2010, by Mrs P at Spin Palace Microgaming, Quickfire £4,170,055
19 Gold Rally – 30 November 2013,by Anon, Playtech £3,917,927
20 Arabian Nights – 5 March 2010, Peter, Norway at Betsson Net Entertainment €4,865,159
