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Lady Luck Took the Weekend Off

It was a sluggish weekend for progressive online slot game jackpots open to players from the United States. President’s Day week marked a huge dry spell in the payout of some of the World Wide Web’s biggest prizes, disappointing millions of players. Typically, the weekly period from Friday to Sunday sees at least a handful of big progressive prizes hit, because so many more punters have the time to just relax in front of the computer with their favorite gambling diversion. This past weekend, however, players could have been better off venturing outside to play in the snow.

A big jackpot hitting on the horseracing title Win, Place, or Show gave false hope to the community on Friday. Not a single progressive jackpot open to American players paid out for the remainder of the weekend, fizzling the hope of slots fans from California to New England. With the big Valentine’s Day tournaments behind us, it seems that Lady Luck packed her bags and took a few days off in the resulting lull.

The economy has been taking its toll on the world of online gambling, even though the industry continues to thrive in the face of adversity. Online casinos are eager to tempt players with weekend free-roll mini-tournaments and plenty of bonuses, but it’s pretty discouraging when a whole weekend goes by without any great news about players winning a big jackpot. Psychologically, hearing about big jackpot wins always seems to make us want to play as well, and this past weekend gave us no good news on which to stake our bankrolls.

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