People who want to place themselves in the running for a life-changing sum of money will navigate to progressive jackpots to try their luck. This is because the payouts from table games such as roulette and blackjack pale in comparison with those found at progressives. In fact, progressive jackpot wins can go up to the millions.

There are two types of jackpot – a fixed jackpot and a progressive jackpot. With progressives, the amount of money up for grabs will increase as players continue to engage with the games. A specific percentage of each coin spent on a game will fund the jackpot further, until the amount is randomly released to one lucky winner.

To break down the types of progressive jackpot, there are standalone progressives, local progressives and wide area network progressives. With standalone progressives, there will be a jackpot which constantly accumulates money, but only bets which players place on that particular machine will allow the amount to increase. Then there are local progressives, which link together jackpots in a certain casino. This could range from a dozen machines to hundreds or even more. Additionally, some of the most popular types of progressive are wide area network progressives, which feature the linking of slot machines in a number of casinos. This enables the jackpot to accumulate money until it reaches a huge amount – sometimes over 10 million. So which jackpot should you play? Check out some of these popular options:

Mega Moolah: Powered by Microgaming, this online progressive jackpot offers some of the largest prizes ever to be found.

Wheel of Fortune – This game starts out with a jackpot of £200,000, and wins usually total under £1 million.

Elvis – Starting with a £100,000 jackpot, players pay 20 pence for a spin and the maximum bet is 3 coins, or 60 pence.