Microgaming’s Progressive Jackpot Network Adds Wheel of Wishes
During 6 months of 2019, Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network (MPJN) paid €89,879,343 in prizes. Mega Moolah led the way with a jackpot award of €12,328,029.16.
With jackpot records still hard to come by, the network announced another release: Wheel of Wishes, developed by Alchemy Gaming. It was scheduled to join Microgaming’s PJN on 11 February 2020.
Wheel of Wishes is a progressive jackpot slot built around the established WowPot concept. At the time of the report, WowPot’s average monthly progressive jackpot was €13,299.13. Its largest recorded win was €27,967.30, on 30 May 2019.
The new game’s Major jackpot was due to start at a minimum of €2 million, placing it among the MPJN’s headline prizes and offering the chance to win a substantial amount.
The lineup also included three additional, lower-value jackpots: Mini, Minor, and Major ‘Major’. The Major prize still had a sizeable minimum value of €50,000.
Set in the Arabian desert, the game features 5 reels, 10 pay lines, and a stated RTP of 93.34%. Its presentation combines familiar slot gameplay with the newly launched Wheel of Fortune title.
The report identifies low-variance gameplay and a stacked wild symbol as features that can help form winning combinations. Genie lamps, treasure chests, mythical books, and potions can line up in 3, 4, or 5-symbol combinations as players pursue the Wheel of Wishes jackpot bonus. The bonus is reached through Power Spins, set in a mythical cave filled with riches.
Power Spins can trigger when two scatter symbols land on the reels. This activates stacked symbols across all 5 reels, which the report said could also create regular base-game wins.
The feature can also place an oversized symbol on reels 2, 3, and 4. The report suggested this could produce multiple 4- and 5-symbol combinations across the reels, with payouts that might exceed the ‘Mini’ or ‘Minor’ progressive jackpots.
Power Spins are also linked to the four progressive jackpots. When a 3x3 Power Spin symbol fills all 9 positions on the middle reels, the Wheel of Wishes jackpot bonus games begin. According to the report’s description, players are guaranteed at least one jackpot in that bonus; this refers to a game feature and does not guarantee a profit.
Players could also place a side bet to activate permanent Power Spins instead of waiting for the Wheel of Wishes bonus game. The report said this would increase the chance of hitting one of the jackpots.
At the time of publication, the MPJN network was reported to have created 79 millionaires and paid over €1.1 billion in jackpot prizes. The minimum €2 million Wheel of Fortunes jackpot was expected to add to the total and contribute to record multi-million Euro payouts in 2019 and 2020.
The announcement built anticipation, but players still had to wait for the game to arrive. Its scheduled release at Microgaming casinos on the MPJN network was no earlier than 11 February 2020.
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