Patent attributes
Live gaming tables where players make one or more wagers on the outcome of a game played according to a predetermined set of rules are described. The table game is characterized by having a progressive prize that may be won through the play of a plurality of different bonus games. Each bonus game has a different triggering event associated with it and is preferably differentiated from the other bonus games by the probability of winning the progressive prize through the bonus game. The triggering event for each bonus game is preferably a combination of cards formed by the players' hands, the dealer's hand and/or a combination thereof. Multiple different table games played with different rules employ multiple bonus games associated with the different tables that allow different table games with otherwise disparate and fixed odds to have fair odds of winning a communal progressive prize.