Patent ID: 8272949

Claim:
A progressive gaming system, said system comprising: a plurality of progressive games offering respective progressive awards, a first of said plurality of progressive games having a progressive award which is started at a base amount; a first progressive link including at least one gaming machine, providing said first progressive game, and being removable from the system; a second progressive link including at least one gaming machine providing a second of said plurality of progressive games; a third progressive link including at least one gaming machine providing a third of said plurality of progressive games; a computer implemented progressive manager arranged to: monitor said first progressive link for a predefined link removal event representative of the first progressive link being removed; and in response to the predefined link removal event being detected, (1) evaluate the second progressive link and the third progressive link to make a determination of how much the second progressive link and the third progressive link have been played; and (2) automatically disperse to at least one of said second and third progressive awards at least a portion of said first progressive award greater than said base amount based on the determination of how much the second progressive link and the third progressive link have been played; and a user interface allowing a user to view, adjust and approve progressive links and dispersals.