Pros Know How to Calculate the Value of a Progressive Jackpot The size of a progressive jackpot on a slot machine doesn’t really matter much. You have no idea how likely or unlikely you are to hit it, so you never know when your expected value goes from negative to positive. And, since the average player sees a royal flush once every 40,000 hands, it’s not next to impossible to hit this jackpot. At 500 hands per, pgวอเลท the average video poker player will get in 40,000 hands every 80 hours. What a lot of video poker writers don’t tell you is that it’s easier to get an edge at a video poker game with a progressive jackpot than it is any other way. Just wait for the jackpot to hit the break-even point before playing. What is that break-even point?

It varies based on the game, but here are some break-even points:

- In 8/5 Jacks or Better, the break-even point is 8666 coins. On a quarter machine, this is $2166.50.
- In 9/7/5 Double Bonus Poker, the break-even point is 5763 coins, or $1440.75 on a quarter machine.
- In 8/5 Double Double Bonus Poker, the break-even point is 9515 coins, or $2378.75 on a quarter machine.

Obviously, if you’re playing on a dollar machine, the number of coins is the same as the number of dollars, but on a $5 machine, you’d multiply the number of coins by 5 to get the dollar amount.