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Jackpot

If you’re visiting online gambling websites from time time messages and quotes saying that recently someone, Sara M., for example has won $12 million progressive jackpot. Well, even if they post these messages to increase clients’ interest to their casino, these words are true. The networks of online progressive jackpots are huge and every day millions of people add some of their bets to the total amount of jackpot.

Basically, there are two types of online casino jackpots – fixed jackpots connected to a single slot games and progressive jackpots connected to a large number of online slots in the same network. The progressive jackpot grows every time someone plays the online slot game connected to progressive jackpot network.

Winning a jackpot is great, isn’t it? Definitely, it is. However, online casino players often forget the golden rule of all gambling games – stay concentrated all the time. Otherwise you risk to lose your hard-earned money without winning a single coin.

So, when you play an online slot game with progressive jackpot you will have to make relatively large bets, because so far, there are only cases when someone has won a worthy jackpot (let’s say $500,000) by betting $1.

Also, you shouldn’t forget that even if you’ll win a jackpot you will have to pay taxes, amount of which can reach 30% – it depends on your country and legislation.