The jackpot pool keeps on building until the progressive is hit. The player hitting it wins all the money in the centralized pool. Nowadays casinos have not only linked the machines at one place but players from all over the world can play and put a bet on the same progressive jackpot slot, like Mega Fortune and Arabian Nights.

It should be remembered that in order to win a progressive you have to play the maximum bet fixed for that machine. In fact, some version of the progressive slots let you play, only if you activate the maximum coin button. Before that the machine will not even start rolling the reels.

As we made clear earlier, the payout when hitting the jackpot can make you an instant multi millionare. A norwegian student came home after a late night out and decided to spend a bit of time on betsafe – playing the Mega Fortune slot. That decision made him 11.7 million euros richer.