Patent ID: 8360868

Claim:
A method of operating a computerized game system configured to facilitate a tournament characterized by a at least one qualifying criteria for winning a progressive prize or part thereof, the method comprising: (a) configuring, by using a processor of the game system initial tournament parameters including qualifying criteria for winning a tournament and qualifying criteria for winning a progressive prize or part thereof, wherein the qualifying criteria for winning a progressive prize or part thereof is related to a number of tournaments where a given player hits the qualifying criteria for winning a tournament; (b) facilitating, by using the processor, playing two or more tournament until at least one player meets the qualifying criteria for winning a progressive prize or part thereof, whilst facilitating collecting payments from at least minimal required number of players; and (c) responsive to an event of winning a progressive prize before a termination of a current tournament, automated altering, by the game system, the qualifying criteria for winning a progressive prize or part thereof for a next tournament.