Playtech Jackpot Pool Crosses $3 Million

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The jackpot pool of a software provider is the total of all the progressive jackpot games offered by that software provider. When a player wagers at a progressive jackpot game he is not playing for the entire pool, but only for the jackpot of that individual game or network of games. Yet online casinos like to advertise and even brag about the value of the jackpot pool. It is in this context that the jackpot pool of Playtech online casino games breaking the $3 million barrier is welcome news.

There are no single big jackpots in this pool. The biggest jackpot is from the Marvel branded slot games. It is the largest of the tiered jackpots that goes by the name Ultimate Power. The current value of the jackpot is $693,527. All the Marvel Movies super hero slots, like Blade and Iron Man, are networked to the same progressive jackpot. This jackpot has four independent levels. Entry to the jackpot game is random, but it ensures that one of the jackpots will be hit. The largest jackpot, Ultimate Power, is hit least often. The Marvel slots have been recently launched by Playtech and the Ultimate Power jackpot has been hit only twice. The average hit is $843,403. Players at Playtech online casinos are expecting a hit on this jackpot soon.

The next biggest jackpot in the Playtech pool is Gold Rally. This is an old favorite of Playtech players. Though it is presently at $661,369, the highest it has gone in the last three years is over $2 million. In fact the last hit on the Gold Rally jackpot about two months back was $1.6 million. Therefore players will prefer to wait on this one and move to it when it crosses the $1 million mark. Another old favorite that is presently much below its average hit value is Beach Life. The jackpot is only $146,849 as against an average hit value of over $2 million.

The other two significant contributors to the Playtech jackpot pool are the two Jackpot Darts progressive games. Jackpot Darts $3 is at $312,062 and Jackpot Darts $2 is at $204,090. These two games are Arcade Games that offer fixed odds for a variety of darts bets. In both the games the progressive jackpot is won if the player bets on all three darts hitting the bull's eye and succeeds. If only one or two of the darts hit the bull's eye the fixed payouts of 20 times the bet and 2,000 times the bet accrue to the player. These payouts are made from the jackpot amount, which then decreases marginally. No jackpot hits have yet been recorded on any of these Jackpot Darts games.

The last of the big contributors to the Playtech jackpot pool is Queen of the Pyramids 25c. This is a 9 payline video slot that is played with a fixed coin size of 25c. The jackpot currently stands at $166,382. This is one of the quick fire progressive jackpots that hits about twice a week. The average hit is $73,473 and so the jackpot is more than double the average hit. This will draw traffic from players at Playtech online casinos. In all there are close to 40 progressive jackpot online casino games offered by Playtech.

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