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Progressive jackpot types

The first thing to know about "progressive jackpot types" is where the prize money is drawn from. A jackpot is the largest prize a slot can pay, and the way it is funded decides how large it can grow and how it is won. Fixed jackpots are set amounts written into the paytable. Progressive jackpots rise with every stake placed on the games linked to them until someone wins, then reset to a starting figure. Knowing which kind is on the screen explains the number shown over the reels.

Some progressives carry a must drop figure, a ceiling by which the jackpot is guaranteed to be won, which makes a pot close to its limit more likely to pay soon. Very large wins are often paid in instalments or after extra identity checks, and the terms say how. A jackpot that has not dropped for a long time is no more due than any other, unless a must drop ceiling is written into its rules.

Progressive jackpots differ by how widely they are shared. A standalone progressive grows from the stakes on a single game, a local one is shared by several games in one casino, and a network jackpot collects from the same games across many casinos at once. The wider the pool, the larger and rarer the top prize. The jackpot display usually names its type, and the game rules say which casinos or titles pay into it.

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What kinds of slot jackpot are there?

Fixed jackpots are set amounts in the paytable, while progressives grow either on one game, across several games in a single casino, or across a network of many casinos.

Which games and casinos feed a network jackpot?

The game rules list the titles and casinos contributing to a network pot; the wider that pool, the larger and rarer its top prize tends to be.

What is a must drop jackpot?

A progressive with a ceiling by which it is guaranteed to pay, so a pot near its limit is likelier to drop soon; without such a ceiling no pot is ever due.

What happens to a progressive pot after it is won?

The pot drops back to a seed amount, funded by the operator or the game maker, and then starts climbing again from stakes placed on the linked games.

How are very large jackpot wins paid out?

Very large wins are often paid in instalments or only after extra identity checks, and the game terms explain which of these applies and how it works.