System and method for presenting a game of chance with a progressive jackpot
AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJon Yarbrough, Ryan Cuddy, Mike Oberberger
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Abstract
A gaming machine receives a first play input at a first gaming machine, determines a first quantity of play areas based on a first wager, generates at least one first play area based on the determined first quantity, and determines whether the at least one first play area satisfies a predetermined first threshold. At least a portion of the first wager associated with the first play input is allocated to a progressive jackpot. At least a first portion of the progressive jackpot is allocated to the first gaming machine when the at least one first play area satisfies the predetermined first threshold.
Claims20
A system for presenting game play of a game, the system comprising:
- a plurality of game play devices, each of the plurality of game play devices participating in a plurality of progressive prizes provided by a secondary game;
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- a game play server in communication with the plurality of game play devices, one or more of the game play server and the plurality of game play devices comprising at least one processor executing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
- generate a master set of identifiers for the secondary game;
- in response to receiving an input from at least one game play device of the plurality of game play devices, allocate a portion of the input to the plurality of progressive prizes;
- cause to be displayed one or more secondary bingo cards at each of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- compare the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards during a round of game play to identify respective matching identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards;
- identify a plurality of winning patterns associated with the secondary game, wherein each winning pattern of the plurality of winning patterns is associated with a progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes;
- determine that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards satisfies at least one of the plurality of winning patterns for the secondary game, the winning secondary bingo card associated with a winning game play device from the plurality of game play devices;
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- in response to the determination, award at least one progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes associated with the at least one of the plurality of winning patterns at the winning game play device.
A method for presenting game play on a plurality of game play devices coupled to a game play server, the plurality of game play devices each participating in a plurality of progressive prizes provided by a secondary game, the method comprising:
- generating a master set of identifiers for the secondary game;
- in response to receiving an input from at least one game play device of the plurality of game play devices, allocating a portion of the input to the plurality of progressive prizes;
- causing to be displayed one or more secondary bingo cards at each of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- comparing the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards during a round of game play to identify respective matching identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards;
- identifying a plurality of winning patterns associated with the secondary game, wherein each winning pattern of the plurality of winning patterns is associated with a progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes;
- determining that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards satisfies at least one of the plurality of winning patterns for the secondary game, the winning secondary bingo card associated with a winning game play device from the plurality of game play devices;
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- in response to the determination, awarding at least one progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes associated with the at least one of the plurality of winning patterns at the winning game play device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor of a game play server coupled to a plurality of game play devices each participating in a plurality of progressive prizes provided by a secondary game, cause the at least one processor to:
- generate a master set of identifiers for the secondary game;
- in response to receiving an input from at least one game play device of the plurality of game play devices, allocate a portion of the input to the plurality of progressive prizes;
- cause to be displayed one or more secondary bingo cards at each of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- compare the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards during a round of game play to identify respective matching identifiers of the one or more secondary bingo cards;
- identify a plurality of winning patterns associated with the secondary game, wherein each winning pattern of the plurality of winning patterns is associated with a progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes;
- determine that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards satisfies at least one of the plurality of winning patterns for the secondary game, the winning secondary bingo card associated with a winning game play device from the plurality of game play devices;
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- in response to the determination, award at least one progressive prize of the plurality of progressive prizes associated with the at least one of the plurality of winning patterns at the winning game play device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.