Mega Moolah

One of the biggest game providers in the world is Microgaming (until the bulk of their assets were bought by Games Global in 2022), and its jackpot flagship is Mega Moolah. This adventure takes place on the African savannah, where wild animals roam freely. But you're not chasing the animals; you're chasing the real big wins!

Mega Moolah is one of the world's most popular progressive jackpot games, and over the years, it has evolved to a jackpot netowork featuring several games competing and contributing to the same jackpot pool. It started with the additions of Mega Moolah Isis and The Dark Knight (yes, based on the Batman movie). These two have since been phased out in favor of more recent additions like Atlantean Treasures, Absolootly Mad, Fortunium, and others.

Apart from the four progressive jackpots, Mega Moolah features wild and scatter symbols, and an exciting free spins mode.

Mega Moolah in the History Books

Mega Moolah was the first game to set a Guinness World Record for largest online win. The record £13,209,300 win was set in 2015 at Betway. The win held on to the top spot for a couple of years but was eventually overtaken by NetEnt's Mega Fortune jackpot - however, Mega Moolah was quickly vindicated in the fall of 2018, when a lucky player spun home a whopping €18.9 million. On April 27th, 2021, a player in Belgium won €19.4 million, which is the current record.

Mega Moolah jackpot is denominated in units

If you wonder why we are mixing currencies, the reason is that the game use a unit system rather than a fiat/crypto denomination.

A player from Canada will play for same jackpot as someone from the UK, say 10 millon. But winning 10 millon CAD is not the same as 10 millon GBP. Nevertheless, this is how it works. No, you cannot play with BTC and hit a 10 million BTC Mega Moolah jackpot.

Keep this in mind, as you will get to pick which currency to play with when you open the game at most crypto casinos. Picking a strong FIAT currency will also mean that you are paying more for each spin.

Mega Moolah has an exciting safari theme where you spin in the middle of the hot African savannah. The symbols on the reels naturally match the wild theme, and the high-value symbols consist of cute animals. In descending order of value according to:

• Lion (also Wild symbol)
• Elephant
• Buffalo
• Giraffe
• Zebra
• Gazelle

The low value symbols are not safari-related. They come in the form of the classic A, K, Q, J, and 10.

The majestic lion is not only a standard symbol, but also acts as a wild symbol. As a wild symbol, the lion substitutes for the other symbols we previously listed, and wilds also double your win when they are part of winning combinations.

There's also a Scatter symbol to help you activate the free spins round in Mega Moolah, for which wilds do not substitute.

You win free spins during your Mega Moolah adventure through the scatter symbol, which is the monkey. It is required that 3 or more scatter symbols land on one and the same spin for you to activate the free spins bonus, and if you land more than 3 symbols you are rewarded not only with free spins but also with extra coin wins as follows:

• 3 scatters give 15 free spins
• 4 scatters give 15 free spins + 20 coins
• 5 scatters give 15 free spins + 100 coins

All wins are multiplied by 3x while you are playing your free spins. You can also reactivate even more free spins while you are in the free spins game by landing more scatters.

There are a total of 4 progressive jackpots in Mega Moolah, all of which grow as players around the world plays. About 7% of each bet is allocated to the pots.

The 4 jackpots are seeded at different amounts. The structure looks like this: Mini Jackpot: Starts at 10 Minor Jackpot: Starts at 100 Major Jackpot: Starts at 10,000 Mega Jackpot: Starts at 1,000,000

If you win the Mega Jackpot, you will undoubtedly become a millionaire, regardless of how long it has been since it last dropped!

How to win the Mega Moolah jackpot?

The jackpot bonus round can be activated during a spin at any time, completely randomly. So there are no symbol combinations to hope for. A rather lazy solution, but it also makes it easy to connect the jackpot to other games. Which, as you mihjt know, has been done several times.

If you are lucky, a wheel of fortune will appear to decide which of the four jackpots will be yours. It is in other words, a guaranteed win!

Last but not least, it is worth noting that your chances of winning a jackpot increase as you bet more, but it is not entirely clear exactly how much greater your chances are when you increase your bet.