Patent ID: 8777736

Claim:
In a self-configuring progressive jackpot award system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming machines (EGMs), each comprising a plurality of EGM configuration options, and operating in accordance with the EGM configuration options, wherein a subset of the plurality of EGM configuration options relates to participating in a progressive jackpot award game; and a progressive controller coupled to the plurality of EGMs, the progressive controller comprising: a plurality of progressive jackpot award game configuration options, wherein: a subset of the progressive jackpot award game configuration options correspond to the subset of EGM configuration options related to participating in the progressive jackpot award game, and the progressive controller automatically sends data representing the subset of progressive jackpot award game configuration options to the plurality of EGMs; wherein: the EGMs participate in the progressive jackpot award game in accordance with the EGM progressive jackpot award game configuration options.