Cash Splash progressive jackpot
Microgaming's Cash Splash becomes the first networked online progressive jackpot slot.
In 1998 Microgaming launched Cash Splash, widely credited as the first online slot with a progressive jackpot. It linked contributions from players across multiple online casinos into a single growing prize pool.
Cash Splash was a simple three-reel game by modern standards, but its innovation was the networked progressive jackpot: a portion of every bet across participating casinos fed one shared prize that grew until it was won. This recreated the appeal of land-based linked jackpots on the internet. The format proved enormously popular and became a template for later blockbuster networked jackpots, helping establish online slots as a major revenue driver for the industry.
It introduced the networked progressive jackpot online, a mechanic that became central to online slots.
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