By Samantha Williams

Playing new slots online will probably mean you are the first to play these much loved random number games. This is chiefly because the online casino industry is very aggressive; aggressive in terms of it is required to respond to market demands very quickly. Much faster than in any land casino!

Trends change incredibly quickly online and all players want the best new Christmas, Easter and Halloween games first, and they want them fast, they have come to expect this! Online slots software designers have the most incredible opportunity to see what the market responds to best and we, the online player, get to enjoy some unbelievable games. Games you would be hard pushed to find in a regular casino, and with prizes to match. This sees software development companies competing against each other to offer the best games with the biggest prizes and the people who luck out are us, the players!

When Microgaming releases a new and even more innovative slots game, RTG has to respond with something even better, then Playtech, say, “heck, we are falling behind” and they get some new ideas on the drawing board, and this is how it goes. As we know, this type of competition is very healthy in any industry, and it just makes things that much more beneficial for online gamers.

The same concept goes for prize money too and we see massive PJP’s and huge multipliers featuring in some of the most exciting slots games around. Take for example the well known “Clover Rollover”, this is a game which features at many online casinos and bingo sites in the UK, it is well known as being a “Millionaire Maker” and since its launch I have seen two or three huge wins on this game. Not least of which was one Mecca Bingo player who won 1,201,233.77 pounds!!

This game is from the Virtue Fusion software platform, and is a relatively simple five reel, five pay-line game with a “Luck of the Irish” theme. Just drop five “Lucky Shamrocks” onto the right pay-line on a maximum bet and it’s all yours. It is a light hearted game to play, but the PJP (progressive jackpot prize) resets at £10 000 when it is won, so we are talking about serious money. It is also a networked game, which means all sites on the Virtue Fusion network get to play it and they are all also responsible for the growth of the PJP. Every night at midnight the prize money rolls over and the new PJP is available, it’s just a case of “who is feeling lucky today?”

Similarly themed slots include Emerald Isle, Golden Shamrock, Irish Eyes and Luck of the Irish amongst others.

By Samantha Williams

If you are really interested in how you can win a jackpot online, just check out one of the many casino, bingo, poker, sports betting and arcade games sites and look at some of the jackpots available. It is unbelievable the variety of games you can play these days and win, even skills and arcade games have prize money in them.

The PJP or progressive jackpot prize is probably the biggest prize that any player could ever win. This applies to both land and online gambling and this prize has made for quite a lot of rather rich people. Many online gamblers have changed their lives because of winning. Just as an example, I took one online gaming site; it is a site which is a favourite in the UK for both bingo and casino games.

The they happen to display their big winners on the home page, together with photo, cheque and testimonial. What I picked up was, at Jackpot Joy, Jennifer J won £168 890 playing Diamond Bonanza, Emira B won £965 728 playing Deal or No Deal, Michael L won £163 574 playing Full House bingo and Paul M won £1.4 million playing Deal or No Deal. All of these games have one thing in common; they are linked to progressive jackpot prizes.

A PJP is seeded with a basic amount of money, take Clover Rollover for example, this is £10 000. People play and if they don’t win the prize money becomes more and more well-funded, it rolls over to make a larger prize available to other players. This continues and the jackpot prize money can become an off the wall amount.

What very few people know, is that at online casino’s it is not only the slots games or bingo games which have progressive jackpot prizes. Many other games have these also; this includes video poker and blackjack, games such as baccarat as well as others. There are certain criteria attached to winning a PJP, so if you choose a game because of the progressive jackpot prize, make sure you get the best value for money with the biggest chance of winning.

Other jackpots include guaranteed prize money and this is money which must be won in a particular game even if there is a prize split, these are good games to choose also. Then there is a multiplier, if you play on a slots game and a maximum bet costs you £2 for the opportunity to win a 100 x multiplier on your wager, look for a game which costs you £2 for a maximum bet and offers you the opportunity to win a 10 000 x multiplier on your wager. Can you see the difference? It is all in the jackpot!