Patent ID: 7384336

Claim:
A progressive gaming system capable of accepting a monetary transaction value in a plurality of currencies or a plurality of denominations of the same currency and capable of awarding at least one prize, the progressive gaming system comprising: (A) a central system, the central system being adapted to control the progressive gaming system; (B) at least one prize, the prize having a total contribution amount; (C) at least one monetary transaction acceptor in communication with the central system, the at least one monetary transaction acceptor having a contribution percent factor, the at least one monetary transaction acceptor being adapted to receive a monetary transaction value; and (D) at least one progressive method, the at least one progressive method being adapted to be associated by the central system with the at least one prize and with the at least one monetary transaction acceptor, thereby allowing the at least one monetary transaction acceptor to participate for the at least one prize, the at least one progressive method being further adapted to determine a participation outcome, wherein the participation outcome is determined based on the at least one prize's total contribution amount, the at least one monetary transaction acceptor's contribution percent factor, the monetary transaction value, and a predefined prize winning number.