Jackpot Giant Online Progressive Slot soars past $12 Million

Jackpot Giant progressive $12 million prize 2-1/2 years in the making.

In December 2014, leading digital games creator Playtech released a revolutionary new online progressive slot. They called it Jackpot Giant—quite appropriately, I might add. And right now, it’s more popular than ever before.

As of today, Jackpot Giant is prepared to pay out more than $12 million to one immensely lucky player. That phenomenal payout, once it occurs, will change the life of that very fortunate player forever more. The question every wants the answer to is simple; when this illusive progressive will shed its colossal wealth?

Jackpot Giant Progressive 2-1/2 Years in the Making

It’s been an inordinately long time since this online progressive slot ladled up its delectables; 884 very long days, to be exact. That’s 2 years and 21 weeks, since January 20, 2016, when the game last unleashed its ultimate payout.

That wasn’t just the last time the Jackpot Giant struck gold… it was also the first time since the game’s late-2014 release. That sizable reward of $6,420,011 went to a anonymous and incredibly happy librarian from the beautiful port city of Glasgow, Scotland. She was spinning the reels of Jackpot Giant on her Android mobile phone via the Gala Bingo website when the unimaginable payout struck.

This time around—unless the jackpot strikes in the very near future—the online progressive slot machine is on track to double its previous jackpot payout. But without a strain of previous wins to draw calculations from, it’s virtually impossible to predict how soon—or how long it might be—before that life changing moment occurs.

How to Win the Jackpot Giant Online Progressive Slot

The Jackpot Giant—the main character for which the game was named—is an immense giant who presides over a volcanic island. Consisting of 5 reels and 50 fixed pay lines, the game consists of thematic symbols that include the giant, volcanoes, uncut jewels, and rock formations in the shape of playing card values (J-Q-K-A). A gold emblem is the wild, handful of gold coins the scatter, and erupting volcano the bonus.

Unlike most of today’s 5-reel progressives, players won’t need a series of specific events to occur in order to hit the jackpot. This game mimics the slots of old, where a single, perfect combinations of reels instantly awards the progressive jackpot. In this case, players must line up 5 wild symbols on the first reel, while utilizing the bet max feature, to strike the Jackpot Giant fortune.

Lining up 5 wilds on any other pay line won’t deliver the progressive, but it won’t disappoint either, worth 50,000x the line bet. Landing bonus symbols anywhere on reels 1 and 5 in a single spin will unlock a second-screen bonus game, wherein player choose 3 of 6 volcanoes. Each volcano awards an instant cash prize, an extra pick, or if you’re really lucky, all prizes at once. The scatters won’t unlock any special features, like free spins, but they do offer attractive scatter pays of 5x, 50x, or 500x the total bet when 3, 4 or 5 appear anywhere on the reels.

All in all, the Jackpot Giant Progressive isn’t an easy game win—obviously, having only been struck once in almost 4 years—but it is a graphic beauty, and a highly entertaining game to play. It carries a medium variance and an RTP of 94.22%, which is relatively high for any online progressive slot.