PT’s Taverns group is rolling out a new progressive jackpot program across 65 Southern Nevada taverns with the largest jackpots offered at a limited slot.
The initial jackpot for the company’s Giant Keno Progressive machines starts Wednesday at $100,000 and has a trigger that guarantees a payout when the progressive jackpot reaches $200,000. After the jackpot is hit, the amount resets to $10,000.
The program is the first time a collection of Nevada taverns has introduced a keno jackpot of that size.
“PT’s Taverns has always been at the forefront of creating the best locals tavern experience and Giant Keno Progressive is our biggest step yet,” Blake Sartini II, chief operating officer of parent company Golden Entertainment Inc., said in an email. “With jackpots that can reach $200,000, we offer the largest progressive keno jackpot ever introduced in a Nevada tavern environment. It’s an exciting milestone for PT’s taverns and for our guests, who can now find this Strip-level progressive action in their neighborhood.”
To win the progressive jackpot, players must bet at least $1 on a 10-point game on marked bartop machines at any PT’s Tavern location, which includes PT’s Pub, Sierra Junction, PT’s Place, PT’s Ranch, Lucky’s, Great American Pub, Sean Patrick’s, PT’s Gold, Sierra Gold and SG Bar.
Seven-spot progressive jackpots start at $7,000 on a $1 bet and nine-spot progressives start at $10,000. Two recent nine-spot jackpots have already paid more than $17,000 and $44,000 each.
Giant Keno Progressive has already launched at 50 PT’s locations and more than 650 connected gaming devices in the Las Vegas Valley. By Nov. 1, the program will be available at 65 PT’s taverns in the Valley, connecting more than 820 video poker and keno machines, and the most games ever connected in a limited gaming environment in Nevada.
“Our Giant Keno Progressive and expanded lineup of linked progressives are designed to transform tavern gaming,” Dan Groesbeck, vice president of Nevada distributed gaming for Golden Entertainment, said in an email. “More locations mean more games, faster growing jackpots and more winners. This rollout represents a major evolution of how progressives can create excitement and community in a pub environment.”
Golden also owns Strat in addition to 70 taverns nationwide and operates a loyalty program called Total Rewards.
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