Jackpot Signage: Overhead Sign, Cabinet Topper or Top-Box?
The mounting you choose decides how far your jackpot carries across the floor. Compare bank overhead signs, cabinet toppers and top-box monitors — and preview each on your cabinets.
A jackpot is only as strong as its visibility. The exact same pool and theme will pull very differently depending on whether it sits on a big overhead sign or a small top-box. Here are the three mounting options and where each wins.
Bank-of-4 overhead sign
One large sign mounted above a bank of cabinets. Maximum reach — it recruits players from across the room and is the natural home for a floor-wide flagship.
- Best for: destination jackpots, floor-wide pools, anything you want to advertise.
- Trade-off: needs the overhead mounting space and a bank layout to sit above.
Individual cabinet topper
A topper that sits on top of a single cabinet. It brands machines individually and lets you run different themes side by side on the same bank.
- Best for: mixed-theme banks, branding specific machines, flexible floors.
- Trade-off: reads at medium distance rather than across the whole room.
Top-box monitor
The theme runs on the cabinet’s built-in top screen — no additional signage hardware. The cleanest, lowest-cost option.
- Best for: tidy installs, lower budgets, machines that already have a top-box.
- Trade-off: shortest reach — great at the machine, limited pull from a distance.
See it before you mount it
The reason this decision is hard on paper is that you cannot picture the reach until it is installed. That is exactly what the visualiser solves — pick any theme and drop it onto each mounting on a real cabinet photo, side by side.
When you have a layout in mind, request a quote — it carries your theme and chosen mounting through so we can spec the signage for your bank.
Frequently asked questions
Which jackpot mounting has the most reach?+
A bank-of-4 overhead sign has the longest reach and recruits players from across the room. Cabinet toppers read at medium distance; top-box monitors are strongest right at the machine. Many floors combine all three.
Do I need extra hardware for a top-box jackpot?+
No — a top-box jackpot uses the cabinet’s built-in top monitor, so it needs no additional signage hardware. It is the lowest-cost mounting option.
Can I preview different signage on my own cabinets?+
Yes. The on-site visualiser composites any theme onto a real cabinet photo in each mounting — overhead sign, cabinet topper or top-box — so you can compare reach before ordering.
See it on your floor before you buy
Drop any of our 100+ jackpot themes onto a real cabinet in your chosen mounting, then request a tailored quote.