For most players, the slot machines at online casinos are just a bit of fun; a ‘warm-up’ on their way to games such as poker, roulette or blackjack. While it is nice to win and even win huge from time to time, no one expects to break the bank with a spin of the reels. Let the high rollers at the gaming tables take high risks for huge rewards
But when you look a little closer, you’ll find that you can, in fact, win life-changing amounts on the slots, without needing to ‘go large’ to get them. You can win huge on the slots even with a little small change, as no less than nine players proved on the PokerStars Casino slots last year.
Progressive jackpots are the main big feature on several of PokerStars Casino slots, with rolling totals that can climb into millions of pounds. At the time of writing, there were no less than 30 progressive jackpots in play on the site, with prizes ranging from $16,000 to $1,600,000. However, since most of these jackpot slots have been developed in-house by their own team, you won’t find them anywhere else.
In 2017, PokerStars Casino slots produced nine jackpots over $1.4 million, with three million-dollar-plus payouts in December alone. These players shared $5.8 million between them, making for a merry Christmas and an exceptionally happy New Year!
The beauty of slots is that any spin can win, as Ukrainian player ‘aHare75’ proved on Boxing Day when he earned the year’s best $2.5 million win with just a 50c stake. Uruguayan player ‘LuisCancelaU’ also earned a cool $1.5 million earlier in the year with just a $1 spin.
If you are in search of the big money prizes, then you have to think bigger. The slots destination for, well, millionaires in the making should appropriately be titled Millionaires Island. This popular slot returns an impressive 96.57 percent to players, and created no less than six millionaires in 2017, each pocketing an average of $1.79 million. It doesn’t even take that long for the jackpot to rebuild after a payout, with a win of $1.3 million on July 27th coming just 20 days after a massive $2.4 million jackpot on July 7th.
With just a 50c stake, the $1.79 million average jackpot represents a return of 3, 600,000 to 1, or three and a half times what you could win if you backed Brian Cox to blow up the world with his Large Hadron Collider!
Millionaire’s Island has five reels with 25-win lines, and any spin can win the big money jackpot if it shows five Millionaire’s Island logos anywhere on the reels. Other million-dollar machines on the site include the Genie Jackpots, which paid out $1.3 million last February and is standing at $1.1 million, and Stars Mega Spin, which paid out $1.4 million on December 30th and is at $1.4 million. Mega Moolah, Slots O’ Gold and Super Spinner also have jackpots over the $1 million mark.
So, the next time you’re heading online for a game of poker or a spin of the roulette wheel, remember to stop off at the slots on your way. You never know, for a stake of just 50c, it could just make you a millionaire. Not bad for a ‘warm-up’ game!
