The Easy Money Jackpot is a wide-area progressive (WAP) jackpot featured on VGT games. “Wide area” means multiple slots from different casinos are all feeding the jackpot and competing for the big prize.
Inside each machine is a computer that operates on a code or mathematical equation. This slot machine algorithm works as a random number generator, also known as an RNG. These numbers are constantly generated, and depending on the exact moment you click “spin”, you will get different results. VLTs (video lottery terminals) and Class III slot machines differ in how they determine the results of their spins. Class III slot machines — the kind you find in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Tunica, for instance — have RNG functions in their programming, and they determine the results of their spins completely independently.
Specially-modified player favorite games like Mr. Moneybags, Lucky Ducky, Hot Red Ruby, and others in the $1 denomination offer the jackpot. Players must max bet the $3 to be eligible for the progressive.
The Easy Money Jackpot starts at $250,000 and progresses upwards.
Odds of Winning
Unlike most wide-area progressives where you can only guess the odds of hitting the jackpot, the Easy Money Jackpot’s odds can be determined fairly easily. That’s because it’s played on Class II slots which are based on bingo. All the bingo patterns and corresponding prizes are readily available on the machine’s payout screens.
To win the Easy Money Jackpot, you must get the hot dog pattern in 17 balls drawn. Here’s what that looks like on the bingo card:
Since the middle space is free, that means you have to match the corresponding 10 spaces (at a minimum) on your bingo card within 17 balls drawn to win the progressive jackpot.
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The odds of doing that on a spin are 0.0000000235, or about 1 in 42.6 million.
VGT estimates once the number of machines playing for the jackpot hits 1,000, the jackpot will hit about once a month.
$940k Easy Money Jackpot Hit at WinStar (photo courtesy WinStar)
Hitting the Big One
Numerous people have won the Easy Money Jackpot since its introduction in July, 2015. The largest winner as of this writing won a whopping $940k on a Reel Fever game at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
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Like most WAPs, the Easy Money Jackpot is paid as an annuity over 20 years. Winners can elect to take a discounted lump sum, just like the lottery.
Winners and the jackpot’s current value are all available at the progressive jackpot’s website.
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