Patent ID: 9704337
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method for providing a progressive prize in a gaming system, the method including: (a) receiving one or more game play inputs through a respective player input system of each of two or more gaming machines in a progressive game participation state, each game play input defining a wager for a respective play of a wagering game; (b) calculating a progressive contribution value for each respective wager, the calculation being performed at a respective processor associated with the respective gaming machine at which the respective wager is defined; (c) communicating the respective progressive contribution value calculated for a respective wager from the respective gaming machine at which the respective wager is defined to each other gaming machine of the two or more gaming machines; (d) at each gaming machine, receiving the respective progressive contribution value calculated for a respective wager and communicated from another one of the gaming machines, and maintaining a total progressive value, the total progressive value comprising the total cumulative value of all calculated progressive contribution values; (e) at each gaming machine, displaying the total progressive value at a display device associated with the respective gaming machine; and (f) in response to a progressive prize winning event at one of the gaming machines, awarding at least a portion of the current total progressive value for the progressive prize winning event.