Patent ID: 6887154

Claim:
A progressive system for paying out a primary progressive prize and a secondary progressive prize comprising: a progressive controller including a controller processor and controller memory; a progressive display coupled to said progressive controller; funding module programming executed by said controller processor in said progressive controller, said funding module programming configured to maintain a primary progressive award and at least one secondary progressive award, said progressive display configured to display said primary progressive award and said at least one secondary progressive award and further configured to award said primary progressive award upon the occurrence of being notified of a win event and further using said notification of a win event for said primary progressive to determine a distribution of said at least one of said at least one secondary progressive award; a plurality of game devices, each having a corresponding game processor and game memory; a status indicator coupled to each said game device and useable to indicate said game device's current eligibility to participate in said at least one secondary progressive award; a network connecting each said game device to said progressive controller and to provide for communication therebetween; a game of chance executed by each said corresponding game device; enrollment module programming executed by each said corresponding game device, said enrollment module programming configured to: monitor said corresponding game device for a progressive winning event; maintain the status of said corresponding game device as to its eligibility to participate in at least one of said at least one secondary progressive award, said eligibility useable during said determining of a distribution; indicate the game said maintained current eligibility status of said corresponding game device on said status indicator.