Features of the original Cash Express included: The first Hyperlink game in American casinos was Cash Express. Multi-tiered jackpots were introduced by Aristocrat Technologies with its Hyperlink series of linked progressives. You might see Mini-Minor-Major-Grand, but you also might see Bronze-Silver- Gold-Platinum, or even just numbered levels.
Four tiers are common, but games with anything from two to 12 jackpot tiers have had niches in casinos.ĭifferent gamemakers and different games use their own terms for the jackpot levels. The games are designed to have small, easily attainable jackpots so that on a full bank of machines, someone is winning every few minutes.