Microgaming Progressive Jackpots Soar Past $8 Million

2008 January 21, Cailin Lockyer

The Microgaming online casino network has announced their Progressive Jackpot Network has passed the $8 million mark, with the hugely popular Mega Moolah slot jackpot rapidly reaching a record mark of $5 million.

Online casinos on the Microgaming network link their progressive jackpots to build the prizepools for lucky Slots winners. With Mega Moolah sitting on $4.8 million and three other Progressive Jackpots at the $1 million mark, there will be some more instant Slots millionaires created this year by Microgaming online casinos.

The Microgaming Progressive Slot Jackpot network has paid out over $115 million since its inception and the jackpots have elevated 11 lucky Slots players to 'millionaire' status.

Mega Moolah is one of the most popular Online Slots ever. It has a wild African theme and players are entertained with Free Spins, Scatters and Wild rewards as they race to the massive progressive mega jackpot. It's a 5-reel, 25-payline Video Slot with a seeded jackpot of $1 million, which has now grown to a record size of $4.8 million. When progressive jackpots reach this size, they grow exponentially as players flood to the game to try their luck at being the lucky winner – expect this jackpot to crack $5 million in the next few weeks if it's not won before then.

Other Slot games with large progressive jackpots in the Microgaming stable are:

• Major Millions - $900,000 jackpot
• King Cashalot - $840,000 jackpot
• Roulette Royal - $730,000 jackpot

Microgaming CEO Roger Raatgever commented on the record-breaking jackpots:

"I know we've had big jackpots in the past, but to have one progressive at almost GBP 5 million and a further three very close to the GBP 1 million mark is a first and represents a massive total prize pool. We pride ourselves on offering our operators the biggest prizes and the largest, most attractive suite of quality games in the business."

You can have a shot at winning these huge progressive jackpots at Microgaming-powered online casinos like Prime Casino and River Belle Casino.