BigBunny Jackpot Meaning: What the Word Covers on a Slot

Jackpot is one of the most loosely used words in slots, and the jackpot meaning changes with the game you are looking at. Sometimes it is a fixed multiple of your stake printed on the paytable; sometimes it is a pool of money that grows with play. This page sorts the word into 4 types so you can read any banner correctly, and it quotes no amounts because a label is not a payout. It belongs to the wider look at how slots compare.

The 4 jackpot types

1. Fixed jackpot. A top prize set as a multiple of your stake. It never grows and it scales with your bet.
2. Local progressive jackpot. A pool that grows from stakes on one game or one operator, so it is shared only among its own players.
3. Network progressive jackpot. A pool fed by stakes across many operators, which typically grows faster because more players contribute.
4. Tiered jackpot. A set of prizes with ranked labels such as mini, minor, major and grand, which can be fixed or progressive.

The first three describe where the money comes from. The fourth describes how prizes are labelled, and it can sit on top of any of the others.

Fixed vs progressive: how they differ

A fixed top prize looks like a maximum win. Super Ace, for instance, publishes a 10000x maximum, which is a multiple of the stake and the same figure for everyone. The progressive jackpot meaning entry explains how a progressive pool is built, including why the number on display is what the pool holds and not a payout anyone is owed.

Local vs network pools

A local pool belongs to a single game or operator, so it climbs only as fast as that audience plays. A network pool draws from many operators at once, which is why the networked kind usually grows faster. Neither type changes your own odds of triggering it.

When a game shows a pool, open its info screen and read three things:

1. How the pool is funded.
2. What triggers it.
3. Whether the pool is local or networked.

The game’s own rules are the only source for those terms.

Grand jackpot and tiered labels

Grand jackpot is the top label in a tiered set, with mini, minor and major below it. These are general industry names, not a fixed ladder, and each game assigns its own prizes to them. A grand jackpot in one game may be a fixed multiple and in another a progressive pool.

Read the label together with the game’s maximum win. A 5000x ceiling, like Gates of Olympus lists, is a fixed multiple of the stake, while a progressive grand tier is a pool whose size moves.

What a jackpot label never tells you

A jackpot label tells you what the top prize is called. It never tells you how often it lands, because that is settled by the random number generator, as the random number generator behind each prize explains. A long gap between wins does not make a pool due.

Three things a label leaves out:

1. How often the prize lands.
2. Whether the number shown is a fixed multiple or a growing pool.
3. What stake the prize needs, if the game ties it to one.

Compare this with how features trigger. Free spins open by a scatter count, as scatter symbols and feature triggers explains, and the size of every prize in pesos follows your total bet, which coin value behind each prize in pesos works out.

In the BigBunny lobby, search the Spin lane by a title’s name and read its info screen before you play. You must be 21 or over.