While there are plenty of reasons why players might prefer to play movie slots over slots with other themes – big-budget visuals, the glamour of Hollywood, and the allure of familiarity among them – there are also lots of reasons why people might choose to play one movie slot over another.

It might be that they just prefer the look and feel of one, or enjoy the bonus games of another. Heck, they might just be a fan of the film in question! But, for a certain breed of gamer, the eyes will always be on the prize, and while you can win big on virtually any online slot, some slots pay out more than others.

Finding out which slots tend to pay out more than others can be quite complicated – you can look at the raw payout percentages of course, but you need to take into account all sorts of factors such as the stake sizes, the frequency of bonuses, the number of symbols on each reel, and all manner of other snooze-worthy stats.

Which is why most gamers will look out for the big number – the jackpot. In fact, it’s probably why you’re reading this right now. And some games just offer a bigger jackpot than others – it’s hard, but it’s fair. Here, we’re going to give you the lowdown on a couple of the biggest jackpots that are out there at the time of writing.

Gladiator

At the time of writing, Paddy Power’s Gladiator movie slot has the biggest jackpot of them all, with a collossal £537,000 (and counting) waiting to be won by some lucky player. This game is based on the Russell Crowe swords and sandals epic of the same name, taking you back to Ancient Roman times in search of riches. It’s pretty feature-packed, with plenty of Wild and Scatter symbols and bonus games including the Gladiator Jackpot bonus, the Collosseum round, and the Gamble feature. As you might expect for a slot with such a massive progressive jackpot, it’s not the cheapest to play – the minimum stake is 10p and you can play up to 25 lines, so in order to have the maximum chance of winning you’d have to stake a minimum of £2.50 on each spin.

Marvel Mystery Jackpot

Movie slots based on the popular Marvel Comics characters are among the most popular around at many bookmakers, with the likes of Iron Man 3 and Avengers Assemble currently being among the most played. One of the advantages to playing Marvel slots is that the various games are linked to a larger, collective jackpot game called Marvel Mystery Jackpot. Every time someone plays a Marvel Comics slot, a small percentage of the money goes towards the Marvel Mystery Jackpot pool, and this game can be reached by triggering the jackpot in any of these games.

Merely triggering the jackpot guarantees you will win a prize, while your performance in this round determines which one you get. The prizes range from £50 (Power) to £100,000 (Ultimate Power). The game itself involves 20 squares, and when you click on them they turn around to reveal a symbol. You keep clicking until you have three matching symbols, with the symbols corresponding to the jackpot prize – for example, three Super Power symbols will net you a cool £5,000.