Patent ID: 7951004

Claim:
A method for conducting at least one wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot over a gaming network having a plurality of operatively coupled gaming units at which a player is awarded a progressive jackpot award from the progressive jackpot, wherein at least two of the gaming units including a first gaming unit and a second gaming unit, the first gaming unit has a first maximum wager amount that a player is allowed to wager on an occurrence of the at least one wagering game, the second gaming unit has a second maximum wager amount that a player is allowed to wager on an occurrence of the at least one wagering game, the method comprising: receiving a deposit of an amount of a medium of currency by a player at the first gaming unit; receiving input for a player's wager on an occurrence of a wagering game at an input device of the first gaming unit; subtracting the amount of the player's wager on the occurrence of the wagering game from the player's available credit at the first gaming unit in response to receiving the input for the player's wager, wherein the player's available credit corresponds to the amount of the medium of currency deposited at the first gaming unit; determining an outcome for the player for the occurrence of the wagering game; determining a gaming network maximum wager amount equal to a maximum between the first maximum wager amount allowed to be wagered at the first gaming unit and the second maximum wager amount allowed to be wagered at the second gaming unit, wherein the first maximum wager amount is different than the second maximum wager amount; and awarding a progressive jackpot award to the player in response to determining that the player's outcome for the occurrence of the wagering game is a predetermined progressive jackpot winning outcome, wherein the progressive jackpot award is equal to at least a portion of a progressive jackpot pool multiplied by the ratio of the player's wager on the occurrence of the wagering game to the gaming network maximum wager amount that is wagered on an occurrence of one of the at least one wagering game at the first gaming unit of the gaming network.