Patent ID: 8512132

Claim:
A wager gaming method comprising: a) identifying a primary currency for participation in a multi-currency progressive (MCP) jackpot having an MCP jackpot cycle; b) determining an overall return-to-player (RTP) for the MCP jackpot with respect to the primary currency; c) identifying a secondary currency for participation in the MCP jackpot, the secondary currency different from the primary currency; d) determining an exchange rate between the primary currency and the secondary currency, the exchange rate temporally linked to the MCP jackpot cycle; e) determining, using one or more processors, a seed amount of the secondary currency that, when added to an amount of average total expected wager contributions for the MCP jackpot during the MCP jackpot cycle, produces an overall RTP for the MCP jackpot with respect to the secondary currency that is substantially the same as the overall RTP for the MCP jackpot with respect to the primary currency; f) initializing a primary currency meter; g) initializing a secondary currency meter with at least a first amount of the seed amount; h) offering the MCP jackpot for play; i) updating the primary currency meter and the secondary currency meter based on game play; j) determining that the MCP jackpot has been won by a first wager, wherein the first wager is received in the primary currency or the secondary currency; and k) awarding an amount indicated by whichever of the primary currency meter and the secondary currency meter corresponds with the currency of the first wager.