Most modern slots make prizes available at all bet levels, with the exception of wide area progressives, but even those are beginning to be offered at any bet level. A player wonders what that means for lower bettors:
Can you win the Grand on a low bet just as easily as you could win it on a high bet? On every machine? Or only on certain machines?
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Your odds of winning the Grand jackpot is not the same on every bet. Instead, it’s proportional – a bet that’s twice as big will have twice the chances. That events out how much is being bet vs. how much is won – the 2x bettor will win it twice as often, but that player is also betting twice as much, so it evens out.
Most modern slots work this way, so you’re likely in the hunt for the prize, but you can always check a slot’s pay table to make sure you’re betting enough to qualify for all payouts a slot offers – this is known as the cost to cover. As we mentioned up top, the wide area progressives may not be available at all bets (and usually aren’t), so that’s a great example of double checking what you need to bet to qualify.
So it’s not as easy, but it’s not a zero chance. And in our Winner’s Circle group on Facebook we see quite a few examples of low rolling rewards that included Grand jackpots. Some of our favorites to see are minimum bet wagers yielding Grand progressive jackpot wins.
So it’s certainly possible – just remember the overall odds aren’t great, and probably isn’t the best for a low rolling target to cash out and go home. A 100x win as an accomplishment is still our recommended target for what to shoot for on a slot, an achievement that itself is a bit easier to shoot for nowadays, given how the more volatile slots are constructed.
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I won a Grand jackpot of almost $16,000 on All Aboard Piggy Pennies on a 50 cent bet.
That’s a difficult game in general, and a really amazing result!
The VLT casinos near me have a number of machines on the floor that state (in very small letters) that you can only hit the larger jackpots with a max bet. Now on many of these machines the max bet is very expensive which’s makes it out of reach to the average player. So how does the RTP work on machines where you cannot win the larger prizes? Do they program in additional smaller wins to balance things out. Also, if I go with my Uncle Max does he always qualify for the larger prizes since it is actually Max betting?
If you are not betting enough to qualify for all the prizes, you are likely getting a lower RTP as a result. Those big jackpots are not a big percentage of the RTP – perhaps 1-2 percent – and unless you win the jackpot any time playing that machine is like playing at that lower RTP technically, since only one person will win that giant award. Your uncle, if he’s playing enough to reach the “cost to cover” (the amount needed to qualify for all the bets) than he would be eligible, whether he max bets or just bets the minimum required to qualify. Usually in those scenarios, bigger bets have a proportionally higher chance to win, but the rules can differ based on the game’s design.