Put quite simply, a ‘progressive jackpot’ is a jackpot for a gaming machine (such as slots) where the value of the payoff (or ‘jackpot’) increases by a small amount each time another game is played.[…]

The slot machine was invented back in 1895 by an American named Charles Fey. But it wasn’t until 1907 that his invention truly hit the big time. The initial success behind the new game came[…]