888starz jackpot slots
Hold-and-spin grids and pooled prize tiers.
888starz jackpot slots: pooled prizes and hold-and-spin grids
A jackpot slot puts a prize above the reels that is bigger than anything the paytable can produce on its own. There are two ways that happens, and it is worth knowing which one you are playing.
The first is pooled: a slice of every stake across many players goes into a shared prize that grows until somebody takes it. The second is fixed tiers, usually attached to a hold-and-spin round — you fill positions on a grid, and filling enough of them awards a named prize such as minor, major or grand. Wolf Gold and the reels around it work this way, and the prize is the same size whoever wins it.
What the respin round is
- special symbols land and lock in place;
- you get a small number of respins, reset each time a new symbol locks;
- the round ends when the respins run out, or when the grid fills;
- a full grid awards the top tier.
Honest expectations
Jackpot rounds are rare by design, and the base game of a jackpot slot usually pays a little less than the same game without one — that is where the prize money comes from. None of that makes them a bad choice; it makes them a specific one. Play a jackpot title because you enjoy the format and the moment when symbols start locking, not because a number above the reels is large. The number being large is exactly why it is difficult to reach.