Mega Moolah

Inspired by the animated Lion King movie, the Mega Moolah is a 5 reels, 25 payline slot machine from Microgaming all your favourite Lion King characters. One of the biggest online casino progressive jackpots ever won was won playing the Mega Moolah and it's often won for seven figure amounts!

5 reels and 25 paylines mean this game is full of action and plenty of chances to win big. Free spins, Scatters and a Wheel of Fortune Jackpot add to the fun. At most online casinos with Microgaming games, you'll find the classic Mega Moolah as a couple of variations including Mega Moolah Five Reel Drive, with retro images of American car culture rather than animated animals from the African Savannah. Another variation is Mega Moolah Summertime.

Playing Mega Moolah

The Mega Moolah progressive jackpot is frequently over a million pounds but it made online casino history when Klaus E. of Finland won a staggering $5,556,753.68 on a mere $0.50 in April 2008. If that isn't reason enough to try this charming game, you'll love the cool video intro and the charming Lion King graphics.

When it broke jackpot records the Mega Moolah became one of the most popular slot machines on the internet. Ever since, it's had huge numbers of players contributing to it famous jackpot, driving the values to some of the biggest jackpots around.

The Lion is the Wild symbol in this game and acts as a multiplier by doubling wins and substitutes other symbols (except scatter) to complete a winning combination. The Monkey is the scatter and two or more scatters on the 5 reel slot awards the player irrespective of their landing location. You can play with five coins per line with a maximum of 125 coins per bet. You can bet as little as $0.01 however if you have the millions in mind, you have to indulge in maximum wagering. The most pragmatic winning strategy here is wagering maximum number of lines by benefiting from the randomly triggered bonus game that awards the player an opportunity to have a go at the Progressive Jackpots.

The Progressive Jackpot bonus game is triggered randomly unlike other progressive bonus features that trigger on appearance of a particular combination, however 15 free spins can be awarded on a line up of 3 or more scatters. The other good bit is, the player doesn’t have to bet the max to qualify for a bonus. As mentioned earlier it is activated at random periods without any prerequisites except betting with money and not the free version. The Progressive Jackpot Bonus play comprises of three different segments and the stationery wheel pointing in the direction of a particular symbol after spinning reveals the jackpot that the player is entitled to. There’s the Mega Jackpot, the Minor Jackpot and the Mini Jackpot of $10,000, $100 and $10 respectively.