Online casino software providers operate in a competitive market place. They use different methods to create brand equity. One of these is through progressive jackpot casino games. Most of these progressive jackpots are connected with online slots. Microgaming has the most popular set of progressive jackpot online slots.

Mega Moolah is the flagship progressive jackpot network of Microgaming. It began as the single slot game Mega Moolah with an African Safari theme released in 2006. Mega Moolah introduced several firsts to Microgaming players. It was the first multi level progressive jackpot with four levels Mini, Minor, Major and Mega. The largest level Mega Moolah had a first of its own. It was the first progressive jackpot to reset to a million credits. Another first was that the progressive jackpots were hit through a randomly triggered bonus game and not the customary alignment of symbols on the reels. Over the years three popular Microgaming slots were restructured and added to the Mega Moolah network. These were 5 Reel Drive, Isis and Summertime. In 2011 the branded slot game The Lord of the Rings was attached to this network. However it did not carry the Mega Moolah tag. In 2012 the Batman branded slot game The Dark Knight was also added to the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot network.

Another unique set of Microgaming progressive jackpots is the three reel and five reel pairs. In this set the same title is available in a classic three reel format and in a video slot five reel format, both being attached to the same progressive jackpot. The pairs are Cash Splash, Fruit Fiesta, LotsaLoot and Wow Pot. In order to be eligible for the progressive jackpot the player has to wager the maximum bet, which is the same in both formats. For example, in Wow Pot three reel the player has to wager 3 coins of 0.50 credits each amounting to 1.50 credits in total. The progressive jackpot is hit when three Wow Pot logos appear on the single payline. In Wow Pot five reel the player has to wager 15 coins of 0.10 credits each amounting to 1.50 credits again. Here the progressive jackpot is hit when five Wow Pot logos appear on the 15th payline. The other pairs work in a similar way.

Major Millions is a special Microgaming progressive jackpot online slot. It created history by being the first progressive jackpot to pay over a million credits in a single hit in 2002. Major Millions is also available as a paired three reel and a five reel progressive slot game, but it is has a third avatar as well. This format is also unique to Microgaming. Major Millions Mega Spin contains six independent three reel sections that are spun simultaneously and the progressive jackpot can be hit on any of them.

Any discussion of Microgaming progressive jackpots will be incomplete without referring to the table games. The casino poker based games Poker Ride, Cyberstud Poker and Caribbean Draw Poker have independent progressive jackpots. Software providers include progressive jackpots in blackjack and video poker games. Microgaming’s progressive jackpot blackjack game is Triple Sevens and the progressive jackpot video poker games are Jackpot Deuces and Supajax. In addition Microgaming is the only software provider to offer a progressive jackpot roulette game Roulette Royale.