Patent ID: 8506392

Claim:
A control module for a gaming system including a plurality of gaming terminals configured to play wagering games, each of the wagering games providing access to a progressive game having multiple progressive jackpots such that players at each of the gaming terminals can win the same multiple progressive jackpots, each of the multiple progressive jackpots having a base reset value and a current value increasing from the base reset value in response to wager inputs at the plurality of gaming terminals, each of the gaming terminals including a display for displaying the current values of the same multiple progressive jackpots, the gaming-system control module comprising: at least one controller operative to: determine that a first player at a first one of the plurality of gaming terminals has achieved a predetermined criteria while playing the wagering game; provide an award associated with one of the multiple progressive jackpots to a second player at a second one of the plurality of gaming terminals who triggered the awarded one of the multiple progressive jackpots; after providing the award, maintain the value of the awarded one of the multiple progressive jackpots for the first player who has achieved the predetermined criteria and reset the awarded one of the multiple progressive jackpots to the base reset value for other ones of the plurality of gaming terminals.