Patent ID: 8328631

Claim:
A method of providing progressive awards, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one controller to maintain a plurality of progressive award levels, wherein each progressive award level is associated with a progressive award value, said progressive award levels include at least: (i) a first progressive award level associated with a first progressive award value at a first point in time; (ii) a second progressive award level associated with a second progressive award value at the first point in time, wherein said second progressive award value is greater than the first progressive award value; and (iii) a third progressive award level associated with a third progressive award value at the first point in time, wherein said third progressive award value is greater than the second progressive award value; and (b) upon a triggering of a bonus event at a subsequent second point in time: (i) causing one of a plurality of devices to provide one of progressive award values associated with one of the progressive award levels; and (ii) if the third progressive award value is provided: (A) causing the at least one controller to reassociate the second progressive award value to the third progressive award level; (B) causing the at least one controller to reassociate the first progressive award value to the second progressive award level; and (C) causing the at least one controller to associate the first progressive award level with a set value.