Casino Tropez - Progressive Slot Machines
One of the Playtech progressives is Safe Cracker. This is a classic three reel, one payline slot with a bonus feature. Where we played, coin size is variable from .25 to $5 and we could bet one to three coins. A progressive jackpot game is one where you have a chance of winning a common jackpot that is contributed to by players of the game accross all casinos that offer the game. A percentage of each player's wager on each spin is contributed to the Jackpot. If you keep an eye on the yellow marquis while you are playing, you’ll see the jackpot climb.
Jackpots as high as $53,000 have been won, however more often the jackpots won will be closer to $10,000.
 As you investigate progressives, you'll find that you must be playing for real money to win the jackpot, and even more importantly, you must have the maximum bet placed. This would mean the maximum coin value of $5 and three coins, so that comes to $15.00 per qualifying spin. Not to over-simplify, but the only other thing you need to win is the winning combination of three cash symbols on the payline. No problem, right?
The bonus round is another fun feature of the game, and for certain, it happens more often than winning the progressive jackpot. It happens when three keys appear on the payline. You must also have the maximum bet placed at this time. There are ten safe deposit boxes on the bonus screen. Seven of the ten hold a cash prize. Three, however, contain an alarm which will end the bonus round. You can choose one after another, adding up your totals until you hit an alarm. The total of the amounts you had found up to that point get added to your wins.
At $15, the maximum bet is pretty rich for my wallet. They payouts are proportionate to the wagers and you don't need to hit the progressive to win big. Three dynamite sticks with a max bet wins you $4,500… Three cash symbols with only a dollar bet (that’s just two .50 coins) wins you $4,000. Choose the game play that fits with your budget, but don’t forget to think about the coin size you want to wager because you can only change that before you start spinning. If you decide you want to change the coin size after you have begun playing, you will need to exit to the lobby and then come back into the game.
Treasure Nile
Microgaming also offers progressive jackpot games. Treasure Nile is one these and is a video slot game with five reels and nine paylines. There are more than 80 participating casinos where you can play this game. The theme centers around all things Egyptian. To play for the worldwide progressive jackpot, you need to be playing for real money. Each time a player at any of the participating casinos places a wager, a portion of that money goes into the jackpot. As you are playing, you can watch the jackpot rise before your eyes in big red numbers at the top of the slots.
Treasure Nile has a history of nice fat jackpots. For instance, Victoria B won $217,087 while playing at Vegas Palms Casino. More on the average, there are five to ten winners a month with many being over $80,000. There are a few things you need to do to even have a chance of winning the jackpot. First, you need to bet maximum coins, spin and get five pharaohs on the 9th line. Wild symbols do not count for the jackpot winning combination.
In addition to the lure of the jackpot, Treasure Nile offers features that make regular play fun. There is a scatter symbol of a scarab. It can appear anywhere on the screen, as long as there are at least three of them, you have a winning combination. Scatter winnings are added to any winning amounts you have from the regular paylines. There is also a Pyramid wild symbol. It substitutes for all symbols except the scatter carob and the pharaoh for the jackpot. For regular winning combinations, all symbols must appear consecutively and from left to right. However, the first of the symbols must appear in either the first or last reel.
 Cash Splash is perhaps the grandaddy of all online progressive slots. Instead of having a fixed jackpot prize, progressive slots have a continually growing jackpot amount.
The Cash Splash is a 3 Reel machine with a single payline. In order to win the jackpot the player must be playing three coins.
Most progressives will only award jackpots if max coins are played, so when playing progressive slots, always play max coins.
The Cash Splash has a fixed coin size of one dollar. It also features a doubling wild symbol, which not only completes paylines, but doubles the prize amount. You can find the Cash Splash machine at Roxy Palace.
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