RTG question - Re: Jackpot Piñatas

[winbig]

I just logged into my Bodog account for the first time in ages, and noticed that the JP for Jackpot Piñatas is around $190K. I thought that someone must have hit it, so I logged into iNetBet and found that the JP there is the same as other RTG's - almost $1M.

Does anyone know why this is? Are there any other RTG's that don't 'pool' the progressive JP? I thought that the Jackpot Piñatas progressive was centralized around all RTG casinos...

[Dave]

A while back, I was told by my contact at Bodog that Bodog is no longer part of the RTG network. He referred to Bodog's software as "proprietary" -- which is odd because most of the games there are available at other RTG casinos.

The newest "RTG" slot at Bodog is Jackpot Pinatas, which is a year old. Since then, at other RTG casinos, 15 more slots have been released -- 5 in January 2008, 5 in May 2008, and 5 in August 2008. Bodog received none of these games, presumably because they are no longer part of RTG.

In February 2008, a new slot called Dirty Martini appeared at Bodog, but this isn't available at the download version of the casino. It's a Flash game that you can play only on the Bodog website.

As for Jackpot Pinatas, I'm seeing the same thing you are. At Bodog, the jackpot is much lower than it is elsewhere. It's around $250,000 at Bodog, and it's around $997,000 at the "true" RTG casinos. If Bodog was still part of the RTG network, their jackpot would be the same as everyone else's.