First of all, you’ll need to find a game at an online casino site that is clearly identified as offering a progressive jackpot in addition to its regular pay tables.

We have put together a very good list of the best online casinos that offer these progressive jackpot games. Each of these casinos has been vetted, is licensed, and features software that has been audited and accredited by various technical and financial organizations to ensure fairness and reliability.

Once you’ve found your machine, note the exact combination you need to get in order to win the progressive.

Largest Video Poker Jackpots

High limit video poker, $250 per hand, video poker live play. Jacks or better. High Limit Gambling. Poker action at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Bart Hanson hit a $200k jackpot in a video poker game just a few hours after busting out of a World Series of Poker event, and the poker pro says it may be time to retire.

For slots, it’s often identical symbols on the same payline across all of the reels. Video poker and other card-related games have different winning combinations, so be sure to check the casino’s terms and conditions and — in particular — any information they have posted concerning progressive jackpots.

Incidentally, you should understand that qualifying for a chance to win the progressive jackpot usually requires you to bet max coins in.

If max coins for the game is five, then you’ll need to wager the five coins with each play in order to have a chance at winning the progressive jackpot.

Additionally, video poker games such as blackjack, Caribbean poker, and 3-card poker usually require that you place a separate wager with each hand in order to qualify for any progressive jackpot.

Greatest Video Poker Jackpots

Poker pro and 1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed has shown he is a dab hand at all forms of poker after taking down a $670,665 jackpot playing video poker at the Aria casino in Las Vegas.
The 42 year-old US pro had been playing the video poker machine for 6 hours pumping in $500 a hand and was already $50k down, when he suddenly hit a royal flush to take down the huge progressive jackpot.
In the hand in question Huck Seed apparently kept the K and J of spades he was dealt and drawing 3 additional cards, he then received the ace, queen and ten of spades thus completing his 1 in 16,215 Royal Flush long shot. A jubilant Huck Seed then took to his Lockerz.com account and posted:
“Jackpot 670,665, call the attendant…Internet poker is down in the US, but I’m still pressing buttons!”
The 6’7″ (2.01 m) poker pro has earned an impressive $7,258,542 playing live tournaments throughout his illustrious career and currently is placed 32nd on poker’s ‘All Time Money List.’ Ironically, apart from his $1 million victory at the 1996 WSOP Main Event, winning $670,665 playing the video poker machine represents his second largest score ever.
However, Huck Seed’s latest jackpot win was not all in the lap of the gods apparently, as the machine with the massive progressive jackpot had earlier caught his eye leading him to conduct some research on the subject.
Huck Seed then concluded that if he played perfect video poker, he would have an edge of around +0.65% or $3/hand providing he hit a big payout, with his calculaions indeed later proving prophetic after his six hour marathon session.