Jackpot 6000

Editor's notes

Jackpot 6000 is the second member of NetEnt’s small family of Supermeter slots, and the sibling that most reviews lump together with Mega Joker without explaining the difference. The headline return of 98.9% is real but conditional: the game’s own information panel declares a range of 95% to 98.9%, and the top figure applies only when playing in Supermeter mode at the full 10-coin stake. At standard play the return sits around 95%, a full four points lower — a wider gap than most players assume. The structure is a classic 3×3 fruit machine with 5 fixed paylines that pay in both directions, no free spins and no traditional bonus round. Everything that matters happens after a win: you can collect, risk it on a Heads or Tails coin flip, or transfer it to the Supermeter, a higher-stake mode where two Joker symbols landing anywhere trigger a Mystery Win of up to 6,000 coins — the figure in the game’s name. The Mystery Win can hit repeatedly during a Supermeter session, with every result added to the running balance, which can be collected at any point. Volatility is high for a classic: long quiet stretches, then clusters of Joker hits that move the balance quickly. Bets run from 1 to 10 coins at coin values up to €1. The game is a digital descendant of the Jackpot 6000 machines that stood in Norwegian kiosks before the country’s land-based slot ban, which explains both its retro styling and its enduring popularity in the Nordic markets. NetEnt launched the online version in 2011 and a mobile Touch edition in December 2014. Read alongside Mega Joker (99%) and Blood Suckers (98%), it completes the trio of NetEnt classics that remain the highest-returning video slots in wide circulation — with the caveat, shared by all three, that the number on the box depends on how you play.