Originally the very term «jackpot» belonged to poker where there was a rule on which the rates in bank increased if anybody from players did not collect at least pair of jacks (“jack” and the bank – “pot”, together - jackpot). Now to a word «jackpot» often a word “progressive” is added and it means prize accumulation in the game, until the certain conditions on a prize of jackpot will not be observed. On creation of jackpot usually there is a certain share from rates of all players, usually this share is small - the tenth shares of percent, but the probability to collect jackpot usually is very small, not less than 1 to 10.000, and can be and 1 to several millions, and quite good sum is collected as a result. Usually the sum of jackpot exceeds rate size in thousand times and even more. If we speak about online, jackpots usually gather not in one casino, but in all casinos from one supplier of software, and that increases jackpot tenfold.
In which games is it possible to grow rich so sharply? In different ones. More often, of course, jackpots occur to be. It is a classical variant - for the rarest combination instead of the high fixed prize jackpot is put. If we speak about classic slots, jackpot is usually paid for a prize on last of the lines. In video slots possibilities are wider – somewhere it is enough to collect symbols on any of the lines, somewhere - on the contrary - it is necessary to win in addition in special game. The sum of jackpot usually begins already somewhere from thousand rates, but there are slots, where this figure reaches hundred thousand. There are not so large jackpots ($10 - $30 thousand) which are broken practically weekly, but there are also “monsters” which are saved by months and give out on mountain up to several millions. Names at slots with such a jackpot are usually corresponding - «Major Million» slot and video slot in casino Microgaming, the maximum prize is about $1,8 million) «Golden Rally» (slot in casino Playtech, the maximum prize is about $2 million), «Rags to Riches» (the one that corresponds to ours «from rags to riches» a ñëîò in casino Cryptologic, the maximum prize is about $0,5 million). But the main supplier of news on jackpot front last time was slot «Millionaires Club» in casino Cryptologic. To the beginning of spring the size jackpot of this slot(there are two versions - classical three-line and nine-linear video slot) with special game has surpassed the previous record - $2 million.
Perhaps, the second for prevalence jackpot game is online video poker. Jackpot can be added in various versions of the game as payment for getting a royal-flash. Jackpot is usually paid only at game in 5 coins and begins with size in 800-1000 rates. However, in video poker jackpots seldom occur to be big, usually they are in $1-7 thousand area (depending on face value of coins - on 25ñ or $1).
No less popular casino jackpots in another poker game are - the Caribbean poker. The player can make the additional rate of exactly $1 on jackpot. If the player receives royal-flash he will take away all saved up sum if it is street-flash, than 10 % of jackpot. In this game the size of jackpot usually makes $100 - $200 thousand, and the record won sum makes $720 thousand.