Abstract: A method of awarding a prize to a user of an electronic gaming machine (EGM) in a network. The network includes a plurality of venues in which each venue includes at least one EGM. The method includes querying the EGMs to determine changes in win meters of the respective EGMs during a polling cycle. The change in the win meter representative of at least one of a number of wins or an amount won by the corresponding EGM over the cycle. The method also includes deciding to award the prize based on responses to the querying and selecting a winning venue from the network. The method also includes selecting a winning EGM at the winning venue, wherein probabilities of the respective EGMs being selected as the winning EGM are proportional to the changes in the win meters of the respective EGMs at the winning venue over the cycle.

Abstract: A method of awarding a prize in a network of electronic gaming machines in which the probability of a machine winning the prize is dependent upon a change in a win meter of the electronic gaming machine within a polling cycle.

Abstract: A method of awarding a prize in a network of electronic gaming machines in which the probability of a machine winning the prize is dependent upon a change in a win meter of the electronic gaming machine within a polling cycle.