I have also hit a few RJ's at RTG over the last 3-4 years mostly mini or minor but 1 Major for around $1500, I like the RJ feature, wish 3Dice had them!!!
A thought, if you win an RJ using a Free Chip that has a max cashout the Casino would not have to pay the Jackpot
The way I understand it RJ's are built up by taking a small % of all monies deposited into the slots which adds to the RJ, should the Casino reset the RJ's it does not have to pay out on?, I understand he Casino's need to not have to pay out thousands to someone who never even deposited, just took a freebie, but the RJ money should end up going to a player as they are the ones who helped build the Jackpot, JMHO
in other words the Jackpot is really built up from players money and forms part of the overall RTP, surely not paying it will lower the RTP? maybe RTG could arrange their software so a Free Chip could not trigger an RJ as it would not be paid anyway, this would leave the RJ intact for depositing players.
Nothing against free chips, I have used them myself, but no-one wants to win something you cannot possibly have.
Al