Patent ID: 8414389

Claim:
A system for facilitating the play of a game of chance, comprising: a plurality of base games; a plurality of game terminals located in a plurality of locations, each of the plurality of game terminals configured to allow a player to play at least one of the plurality of base games, the plurality of game terminals being divided into a plurality of sets of game terminals, each of the plurality of sets of game terminals having a respective progressive contribution interval; a progressive game server; a network providing communication from the game terminals toward the progressive game server; and a shared progressive game jackpot maintained by the progressive game server, the shared progressive game jackpot accruing contributions as a result of a player's playing games on the plurality of game terminals; a contribution amount range stored on the progressive game server, the contribution amount range containing all possible contribution amounts for the plurality of sets of game terminals; a contribution amount selected from the contribution amount range and associated with a first set of game terminals, the contribution amount indicating an amount from a player's wager at any game terminal in the set of game terminals which is accrued to the shared progressive game jackpot when a game is played at the game terminal; the progressive game server determining the size of a progressive prize when a winning player wins a progressive game on a game terminal in a first set of game terminals, the size of the progressive prize depending on the amount of contributions accrued from the first set of game terminals to the shared progressive game jackpot in the first set of game terminals' progressive contribution interval.