Play Jackpot Slots at the Hippodrome Online Casino

Jackpot. The name of the game. The ultimate prize. It’s been the dream of every player who’s ever dropped a coin into a slot machine, whether in the real world, or when playing any of the plethora of jackpot slots that can be found online today.

But the jackpot as we know it has changed. No longer bound by the physical size limits of the slot machine, or even the jackpot casino that it’s standing in - progressive jackpots with the potential to grow to vast fortunes are now just a click away.

So, how exactly do progressive jackpot slots differ from traditional slots? Which are some of the more popular jackpot games to play, and where can you find them? How can you compare individual jackpot slots to find which is the more likely to pay out? All these questions and more will be answered as we take a journey through the exciting and potentially lucrative world of jackpots slots at the Hippodrome Online Casino – a jackpot casino made for connoisseurs.

Find the best jackpot games

At the Hippodrome Online Casino, you’ll find a huge range of progressive jackpot slots – some derived by adding the progressive jackpot mechanic to an existing popular title, others designed from the ground up with the concept baked in.

Mega Moolah is a legend of the progressive jackpot world, being the machine on which numerous plucky players have won amounts which, at the time, broke world records. With a compelling safari theme and a top prize frequently reaching into the millions, it’s easy to see what makes this 5-reel stalwart jackpot slot  so appealing.

One game that will feel instantly familiar to many is Game of Thrones Power Stacks Must Win Jackpot. As well as offering fans of the smash-hit TV sensation of the decade the chance to immerse themselves in the show’s atmosphere as they hunt out the Valkyrian Jackpot – a prize that commonly progresses to truly huge sums. Game of Thrones Power Stacks also carries the ‘Link & Win’ feature, which turns every symbol position into an individual spinning reel in its own right, opening up the potential for breath-taking chains of wins.

Ancient Fortunes Poseidon Megaways Must Win Jackpot is another popular entry in the world of progressive jackpot games. With six reels and a colourful theme based around the treasure of the Greek sea god’s kingdom, it’s a great introduction to the jackpot slot concept.

How do jackpots work?

Jackpots are in many ways the very point of a slot machine. When players pay (or “stake”) a set amount to spin the reels, it’s in the hope of landing the maximum possible chain of symbols of the highest-valued symbol.

Some jackpots require a simple chain of identical symbols, while others are triggered by landing additional symbols or bonus features.

Regardless of how they’re to be formed, values of symbols and combinations will be expressed in a game’s “pay table” – which may be visible on the play board or may require a click to be revealed. Top of the pile will be the maximum jackpot.

With a standard jackpot slot, the maximum jackpot will normally be expressed as a multiple of the “coin value” or stake. For example, landing the maximum possible number of the highest-value symbol offered by a slot might return a “500x” jackpot – a prize worth 500 times the stake you placed to spin the reels. In this case, if you staked £1 on a spin and won that jackpot, it would pay out £500.

While, with standard slots, the maximum jackpot will be a fixed amount, remaining the same regardless of when it was last won and how many players have played since, with progressive jackpots, the sky is the limit. The prize pot will keep growing and growing until a lucky winner scoops it.

What is a progressive jackpot?

Put simply, progressive jackpots increase with each individual player’s spin of the slot game’s reels, until someone wins it. At that point the jackpot resets to its baseline value, from which it once again begins to build with each spin.

If a player becomes the first person on a standard jackpot slot to claim the top prize in three weeks, their reward will be just the same as the previous winners. If a progressive jackpot builds for three weeks, the next winner is likely to land a truly impressive windfall.

For the best-of-the-best, the group of elite progressive jackpot games that are popular in casinos around the world, the value of the maximum jackpot can reach into the tens of millions despite being won relatively regularly.

The big jackpot cash value at which a progressive slot’s top prize currently stands is usually visible, front-and-centre on the slot’s game board, so you can easily see which games could be your ticket to a bumper win. But did you know it’s also possible to assess which slots offer the greatest chance of winning a payout at all?

Chances of winning an online slot jackpot

Unlike sports betting for example, there are no “fixed odds” in the world of online slots, This is because of the various potential ways to win that exist, each with a varying size of prize offered, with every spin of the reels.

The chances that any given slot will return a prize with from a single spin is expressed in the game info panel by the RTP. The higher the RTP, the more likely that paying to spin its reels will return a prize. So, by comparing a selection of slots in terms of the RTP, you can find which are more “volatile”, or likely to return a prize – the higher the RTP, the higher the % chance of a win from your spin.

What is RTP?

RTP stands for “Return to Player” and represents the % of cash staked which will be paid out as prizes, taken as an average over the lifespan of a slot game. It’s simply calculated by dividing the total of all winnings from the game by the total staked on the game. RTP is expressed as a % figure, usually to two decimal places, for example the RTP of Mega Moolah is 88.12%.