Patent ID: 7410421

Claim:
A progressive gaming system comprising: a first gaming device having an input device, a display and a controller, wherein the first gaming device is configured to receive a wager from a first player to play a progressive type game; and a second gaming device having an input device, a display and a controller the second gaming device being communicably coupled to the first gaming device, wherein the second gaming device is configured to receive a wager from a second player to play the progressive type game, wherein the first and second gaming devices exchange, with each other, information associated with the amount of wagers placed by the first and second player on each respective gaming device by exchanging an electronic data packet of a predetermined format, in order to determine the total jackpot amount to be won, wherein determination of whether the first player has won, and the total jackpot amount to be paid to the first player is performed by the controller of the first gaming device, and wherein determination of whether the second player has won and the total jackpot amount to be paid to the second player, is performed independently of the first gaming device, by the controller of the second gaming device.