Patent ID: 8574068

Claim:
A system to retire a progressive jackpot amount among a plurality of gaming devices where each is configured to provide a base game and having at least one feature having a plurality of player payback feature values FV A −FV X , and a communications network to provide communication between said gaming machines and a host processor, the system comprising: records corresponding to feature opportunities to play a feature having a player pay back feature value of FV 1 , the sum of the feature values FV 1 substantially equal to said progressive jackpot amount; apparatus for players to enable a provided feature opportunity of a said records at gaming devices for play thereof; a game controller, at least one of said controller and host processor configured to (a) if a feature value of FV A −FV X =FV 1 select the equivalent feature value FV S for play by the player and (b) if no feature value of FV A −FV X =FV 1 select said feature opportunity FV S as between feature values of FV A −FV X for play by the player.