Abstract: A method of increasing gaming activity and entertainment value of games with progressive jackpots including posting or publishing information items sufficient to determine a current expected progressive return of a progressive game, the information items being located on, or adjacent a location of, the game. The information items can include the current expected progressive return, or parameters such as the probability of hitting the progressive jackpot, the current amount of the progressive jackpot, the amount of the qualifying bet, and either the truncated return of the game, or the flat return of the game and the amount of the minimum reset value of the game. The method is suitable for progressive slot machines, Caribbean Stud poker, video poker and keno, and other games with progressive jackpots.

Abstract: A method of increasing gaming activity and entertainment value of progressive reel slot machines involving providing a progressive reel slot machine, publishing certain critical parameters, and providing a means or an equation to allow players to calculate the current expected progressive return of the machine thereby increasing the attraction and interactivity of progressive reel slot machines. The published critical parameters are the probability of hitting the progressive jackpot, the current amount of the progressive jackpot, the amount of the qualifying bet, and either the truncated return of the machine, or the flat return of the machine and the amount of the minimum reset value of the progressive reel slot machine. The critical parameters can be presented in raw or encoded form and can be published on the individual machines.

Abstract: A method of increasing gaming activity and entertainment value of progressive reel slot machines involving posting or publishing information items sufficient to determine a current expected progressive return of a progressive game, the information items being located on, or adjacent a location of, the game. For a progressive reel slot machine, publishing certain critical parameters, and providing a means or an equation to allow players to calculate the current expected progressive return of the machine thereby increasing the attraction and interactivity of progressive reel slot machines. The published critical parameters are the probability of hitting the progressive jackpot, the current amount of the progressive jackpot, the amount of the qualifying bet, and either the truncated return of the machine, or the flat return of the machine and the amount of the minimum reset value of the progressive reel slot machine.