Bingo Progressive Jackpots

How Do Progressive Jackpots Work?

Progressive jackpots are often the biggest prizes that you can win in online bingo sites and can be worth up to millions of pounds.  The scale and diversity of online progressive jackpots can be massive, depending on the requirements and how long it’s been active for.  

Progressive Jackpots are one of the most heavily features promotions to attract new players to join.  Examples include the William Hill Bingo’s “Clover Rover” Bingo Jackpot, which is worth over £2.5 million (July 2010).

A progressive jackpot is a prize fund that grows bigger and bigger as more players enter the game.  This contrasts with Guaranteed and Regular Jackpots, whose prize fund remains the same regardles of how many players purchase tickets. Progressive jackpots are “connected”, meaning that for every extra ticket bought, the jackpot increases and this continues until someone wins.  After it is won, the progressive jackpot is reset to a minimum amount which is still quite high e.g. £200,000. 

Progressive jackpots are not just endemic to bingo.  You can find a variety of these games in slots machines, scratch cards and online poker games (e.g. a Bad Beat Jackpot in poker is won by players who lose an amazing hand like “four of a kind” to a “royal flush”).

There are lots of progressive jackpots in 90, 75 and 80 ball bingo games.  Bingo Lynx games are becoming more and popular online, and more or less offer the same thing as a jackpot.  Normally the odds of winning a jackpot are set extremely small by the bingo site, which ensures they can afford to keep running massive jackpots without any threat of going bust.  The “house” also contributes to the jackpot to keep it growing and big enough to entice players to purchase tickets.

The conditions for winning a progressive jackpot differ at each room.  At Foxy Bingo, you must win full house in 90 ball bingo in 44 calls or less.  Foxy Bingo’s 75 ball progressive jackpot requires players to win the Lucky Stars pattern in 46 calls or less.  Obviously, the odds of you winning a progressive jackpot are “lottery” equivalent, however the size of these jackpots mean just a single win from a £1 ticket can change your life

Non-Bingo Progressive Jackpots

You’ll find progressive jackpots for non-bingo casino games like slots, roulette, Deal or No Deal and PokerRide too. The Clover Rollover jackpot is usually the biggest and well known non-bingo jackpot at online bingo sites.  Clover Rollover is an Irish-themed five reel, five line online slots game with a progressive jackpot that starts at £10,000 and increases with each additional bet.  If you want to try the Clover Rollover Jackpot you should try playing at Bet 365 Bingo now.