Types of Progressive Slot Machines

Progressive slot machines are the machines that offer huge jackpots that can exceed one million dollars. There are different types of progressive slot machines including stand-alone machines, in house machines, and wide area progressive slot machines. Here you can find details about all the types of progressive slot machines.

The wide area progressive slot machines are the machines you think about when you fantasize about hitting a huge jackpot that would change your life for good. The wide area machines are a group of progressive machines linked together. The machines can be found in different casinos and even in different states. The odds of hitting the big jackpot are not very promising since the payback percentage on is very low. Still, people do get to hit the big jackpot once in a while.

In house progressive machines, also known as proprietary progressives are a group of slot machines that are linked together and operated by the same casino or the same gaming company. The odds of hitting the big jackpot in those machines is bigger than the in the wide area progressives, but the downside is that jackpot would usually be lower.

The stand alone progressive machines are, as their name might indicate, standing alone and not connected to other machines. This type of progressive machines takes a certain portion of the coins put in the machine and adds it to the overall jackpot, which will be won by a player who hits a winning combination. Usually, the payback in those machines is the same as the other machines of the same denomination. It offers a lower jackpot comparing to the other types of progressive slot machines.