Progressive Slots:

Stand Alone Progressive Slots

A stand alone progressive slot isnt linked to any other slots. Instead of having a fixed top payout it takes a percentage of the credits played and adds that to the jackpot. It will normally have a digital readout that shows you the current jackpot total. In alot of cases the payout percentage is equal to the other machines of that coin size but it just distributed differently to give you a varying amount for the jackpot. Jackpots are normally relatively small for these progressive slots.

Proprietary Progressive Slot Machines

These are a group of slots inter-linked together and owned and operated by one particular casino operator. They may be just in a single casino or linked together with other casinos owned by the same operator. Those these arent the largest type of progressive slots available the jackpot amounts can still be quite substancial.

Wide Area Progressive Slots Machines

These slots offer the largest jackpots. These progressive slots are linked together from many different casinos. These machines are operated by an independent operated rather than a single gaming company. Slot maker IGT is a good example and they operate games such as MegaBucks, Quatermania, and others. The casino share in a percentage of the winnings but the distributor owns the games. The Jackpots may be huge but so are your chances of hitting the jackpot. Unfortunately because of the high cost of operating these types of networks these progressives offer the worst odds. The exception to this would be the internet progressive jackpots. Since there is no higher maintenance cost than normal for running a regular slots game since the casinos are already linked thru the software manufacturer online progressive slots can offer similar payouts to its non progressive cousin.