Complex sentence: The $1,000 cash bonus was added on December 14,1998, as a way to compensate and raise the maximum payout to just under $3,000, though by 2007 this was once again the lowest payout of any pricing game.
Split into simpler sentences: The $1,000 cash bonus was added on December 14,1998, as a way to compensate and raise the maximum payout to just under $3,000. By 2007, however, this was once again the lowest payout of any pricing game.