Online slot games popularized the concept of progressive jackpots. A small portion of each wager is continuously added to the progressive jackpot amount, which can be seen to rise every minute. When the triggering event takes place the entire amount standing in the progressive jackpot is awarded to the player. After that, the jackpot amount is reset to the base level and starts rising again. In this manner the payout is not fixed but can rise to really huge amounts. It was only a matter of time before some of the other games at online casinos incorporated progressive jackpots. Video poker variants were among these. Almost all leading online casino software providers offer video poker variants with progressive jackpots. This article discusses some titles from Microgaming, Playtech and Cryptologic.
Microgaming offers two progressive jackpot video poker games that are among the most paying in the online casino industry. SupaJax is based on the Jacks or Better video poker variant hand rankings. The payouts are slightly lower than the normal Jacks or Better variant, but this is to compensate for the progressive jackpot. The coin size is $1 by default and in order to be eligible for the progressive jackpot players have to play with 5 coins. A special SupaJax card is included in the standard deck of 52 cards. In order to hit the progressive jackpot the player has to draw 4 jacks along with the SupaJax card. Going by past records, the SupaJax progressive jackpot hits once a month and pays $50,000 on an average. The second Microgaming video poker variant with a progressive jackpot is titled Jackpot Deuces. In this game the base is Deuces Wild, in which the twos act as wild cards. The progressive jackpot is hit by drawing a diamond royal flush. The progressive jackpot of Jackpot Deuces hits about twice a month and pays about $35,000 on an average. These progressive jackpot video poker games can be played at Microgaming online casinos like All Slots, Roxy Palace and Gaming Club.
Playtech also offers two progressive jackpot video poker games at its online casinos. The first one is 10-Line Jacks or Better. This is a multi line video poker game in which the player can activate up to 10 lines. However, the progressive jackpot is hit by drawing any royal flush on the first line only. A royal flush on any of the other lines pays the fixed jackpot of 4,000 coins. As is the practice in progressive jackpot games, the player has to wager the maximum bet. The progressive jackpot hits about twice a month and pays about $15,000 on an average. The second Playtech progressive jackpot video poker variant is titled Megajacks. This is also based on Jacks or Better. In Megajacks the progressive jackpot is hit when any royal flush is drawn at maximum bet. This progressive jackpot is hit almost every day, but pays a much smaller amount of $1,500 per hit. These video poker progressive games are alive at Playtech online casinos like Omni Casino and Bet365.
The Cryptologic progressive jackpot video poker variant is very similar to Megajacks and is called Super Jackpot Deuces. The progressive jackpot is hit when the player draws any royal flush at maximum bet. The progressive jackpot of Super Jackpot Deuces hits about twice a month and pays about $7,500 on an average. It can be played at Cryptologic online casinos like InterCasino.
