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Big Bertha

The slot machine has got popularity after its invention. And it was quite obvious that each next game with the same game peculiarities will be loved by players. That is why the popularity of Big Bertha was natural. Besides, this game offered jackpot, and that made it even more attractive to players. But of course, nothing was so perfect with this machine: huge cost is needed for producing this machine.

Big Bertha

In order to spin the reels, 5-horsepower engine was used by this machine. There were up to fifteen symbols for each reel. It was actually first electric and mechanic slot machine, and it was a huge step in slot machine industry. This slot was invented in 1950, almost 50 years later than the first slot machine created by Charles Fey.

The ordinary payouts of this game were not very huge, though. That is why the option of jackpot was introduced into the game.

Odds of Big Bertha slot machine were rather low. According to data on this particular slot machine, it was necessary to make about 15 billion spins to get the main game jackpot. Even modern slot machines do not have such small odds.

Super Big Bertha

As this slot machine became were popular, soon the new edition of this slot machine appeared. In this new version some extra feature was added. Super Big Bertha contained eight reels and 160 symbols. For this reason the jackpot became higher than in the previous version. These two versions of slot machine became successful form the beginning and accepted by the millions of players. And that's why all the casinos in Las Vegas started to use this slot machine.

For players it was a great opportunity to play a new game, and win jackpot that they can never even imagine. Those days Super Big Bertha gain unbelievable popularity, and none of the modern slots can be compared to it.

RNG in Big Bertha

Playing modern slot machine you always know that the payouts and winnings are absolutely fair as the RNG is used. Super Big Bertha was the first machine ever with a similar type of software was used. Due to the RNG the odds of winning the game became clearer, and some even tried to understand how they work. Introducing of RNG into the slot machine was another great invention, as since those time, the best way of choosing winning symbols started to exist.