What are the Four Progressive Jackpots in the Wheel of Wishes slot?

There is no doubt that since the Wheel of Wishes slot was released globally in February, the slot game has been one of the most popularly played Microgaming progressive jackpot slots game in that time and a key part of that is the fact that the game offers players the chance to win up to four progressive jackpot prizes.

The Arabian-themed slot can see a chance to win the progressive jackpot prize at any time and there is no doubt that dangling a carrot of a life-changing amount of money to be won on any one spin of the game is what adds huge appeal to the slot.

In this article, we are going to examine the four different progressive jackpot slots in the Wheel of Wishes slot, what they are, how they are seeded and what your chances are of winning them. However, before we go into the specifics of these particular progressive jackpot prizes, let's first explain in simple terms what a progressive jackpot slot actually is.

What is a progressive jackpot slot?

A progressive jackpot slot is any game that offers a prize that can grow in size with the number of spins played on it. That is because a small percentage of each wager made on the slot is added to the total prize fund. That means the prize fund 'progresses' in size from a smaller amount to a larger with every spin that is played on the game without triggering a winner, hence the term progressive jackpot.

In some games, that may have just a single progressive jackpot available but in others two, three, or in the case of Wheel of Wishes, four different progressive jackpot prizes are available.

When a game has multiple progressive jackpot prizes, then the size of these progressive jackpot prizes are usually very different and tend to include a small value progressive prize, a slightly better value prize and one or maybe two, much higher value prizes. In some slots, such as Wheel of Wishes, the larger higher value prize can be a life-changing sum of money.

It is these huge jackpot prizes that makes progressive jackpot slots like Wheel of Wishes so popular to play. So now we know what a progressive jackpot is and how it can be organised, let us now take a look specifically at how they are utilised in the Wheel of Wishes slot.

Wheel of Wishes' Four Progressive Jackpot Prizes

On the Wheel of Wishes slot there are four progressive jackpot prizes available to be won at any time when you play the game. Any qualifying spin can be a winner and you could win any of the progressive jackpot prizes on that spin.

Each of the four progressive jackpot prizes is seeded at a stated amount of money to ensure that there is always a minimum level of cash in that jackpot fund. The four progressives and their respective seed amounts are as follows:

Mini Progressive Jackpot - Seeded at £10
Minor Progressive Jackpot - Seeded at £100
Major Progressive Jackpot - Seeded at £50,000
Wowpot Progressive Jackpot - Seeded at £2,000,000

We have quoted the seed amount in British Pounds as that is the base currency for the slot game, but you can win your cash prize in a number of other currencies, such as the Canadian Dollar, Euro or New Zealand Dollar, and your cash prize will be deducted from the British Pound balance, with any top up required to match the minimum seed amount coming from Microgaming.

What is special about the four Wheel of Wishes progressive jackpot prizes?

So now you know the four progressive jackpot prizes on the Wheel of Wishes slot, the question you may want to know the answer to next, not unreasonably, is what makes them so special in the online slots industry?

Well, while the Mini and Minor progressive jackpot prizes are not particularly remarkable (a number of games offer lower value progressive jackpot prizes such as these) the two higher value jackpots, the Major and Wowpot Jackpot prizes are far more interesting.

The Major jackpot is particularly intriguing as it is one of the highest 'second prize' progressive jackpots you can find online today. Some progressive jackpot games do not have a top prize anywhere near approaching the value of what is essentially the Wheel of Wishes slot second prize award. Furthermore, over time, this jackpot can, and has, grown well beyond the seed amount of 50,000.

It is the size and potential to grow quickly beyond the initial seed amount that makes the Major jackpot prize on Wheel of Wishes so appealing and we have already seen a number of winners of this prize claiming three-figure prizes. However, when you compare the Major jackpot, it pales in comparison to what you can win with the Wowpot Jackpot prize.

The Wowpot Jackpot is the top prize in Wheel of Wishes and originally, the progressive fund was used in a different game, the now defunct old Wowpot slot. However, Microgaming decided to massively increase the value of the Wowpot Jackpot and create a brand new slot game around it, hence Wheel of Wishes came into being.

So far, nobody we are aware of has triggered the Wowpot Jackpot on the Wheel of Wishes slot and since the game was released it has increased in value by around 10%. This suggests that it could be what I would term a 'slow burner' of a top progressive jackpot prize. By that I mean one that will increase relatively slowly, but which may do so over a longer period of time to produce high value winners.

Of course, any winner of a guaranteed 2 million jackpot prize is going to be delighted, but what are your chances of winning each of the four jackpot prizes?

What are my chances of landing one of the Wheel of Wishes progressive jackpot prizes?

If you have ever played any slot game, let alone a progressive jackpot slot, then common sense will tell you that your chances of winning the lower value prizes are much greater than landing the higher value ones. After all, there are not many casinos in business that pay out million-pound jackpot prizes several times a day, but only a £1 prize every so often!

With the Wheel of Wishes slot, it is not possible to calculate the exact chances of you claiming each jackpot prize, those figures are a closely guarded secret by the game developers and owners, however, you can work out your chances of claiming a prize by how you play the slot.

That is because you can play Wheel of Wishes in one of two game modes, the standard game mode (base game), or Power Mode.

To trigger a shot at a progressive jackpot prize if you are playing the base game, you need to complete three steps:

Play the base game and trigger a Power Spin.
With your Power Spin, land the large Scatter Symbol in full on the middle reel.
With your Jackpot Bonus Wheel Spin you will then spin the wheel to win one of the four progressive jackpot prizes.

However, if you elect to play the game in Power Mode, you skip the first step in this process as when you play, every spin will be a Power Spin. However, the cost per spin to activate this mode is 10x the standard bet. So, if you were playing for £1 per spin in the base game mode, to play in Power Mode would cost £10 per spin.

As you can see, playing in Power Mode does drastically improve your chances of landing a shot at the progressive jackpot game, but it is more expensive, so it is a juggling act for players to decide whether they want to play the base game more cheaply, but have less chance of triggering a jackpot win, or play the Power Mode for 10x the standard bet, but have more chance of triggering a shot at one of the four progressive prizes.

Now assuming you have given yourself a shot at one of the four progressive jackpot prizes, it is fair to assume (and the statistics back this up) that your chances of winning the Mini and Minor jackpots are far greater than either the Major or the Wowpot Jackpot prize.

Since the game began, there have been hundreds of Mini and Minor jackpot winners, just a handful of Major jackpot winners and so far we have no confirmed Wowpot Jackpot winners (at the time of writing). So, you can see from this that your chances of triggering the lower value jackpots are far greater than the higher even when you do get to the Jackpot Bonus Wheel part of the slot.

Now players may feel a little disappointed by this but in order for this slot to be workable for Microgaming, it does have to be this way. Also, it also makes the slot more attractive as it means that the jackpot prize is more likely to grow into larger amounts, which makes it more appealing to players.

Essentially, that is all you need to know about the four different progressive jackpot slots on the Wheel of Wishes slot game but the one question most players would love to know is when and where will that first big Wowpot Jackpot winner will strike, and who knows, with a hefty slice of good fortune, that lucky player could be you if you decide to have a few spins.