Some machines are linked not only for the back of the house’s advantage, but to players’ advantages, too. Many machines of a particular kind of game can be linked together to play for one community jackpot. Each slot in the group contributes a portion of the funds to make one larger jackpot, which is then available for all gamblers to play slots for. The amount of a community jackpot is usually significantly larger than a single machine’s possible jackpot. This is also true for online slots- many players can play simultaneously over the internet for one grand prize.

There are also linked systems that cross not only across many slot machines, but also through multiple casinos. Many times, the various slots are owned by the machines’ maker and not by the casinos themselves, who only take a cut for having them in the establishment. The owner would be responsible for paying out any jackpot won. A prime example for a case such as this is Megabucks- Megabucks Nevada starts out with a minimum $10,000,000 after a jackpot win. The downside is that systems such as this typically have lower payout percentages, than linked systems within one casino, among similar or identical games.

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