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 including a first game play device, each of the plurality of game play devices participating in one or more 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 first game play device 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 the first game play device, allocate a portion of the input to the one or more progressive prizes;
- cause one or more secondary bingo cards to be displayed at the first game play device 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;
- determine that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, award the progressive prize to the first game play device.
A method for presenting game play of a game at a plurality of game play devices including a first game play device, each of the plurality of game play devices participating in one or more 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 the first game play device, allocating a portion of the input to the one or more progressive prizes;
- causing one or more secondary bingo cards to be displayed at the first game play device 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;
- determining that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, awarding the progressive prize to the first game play device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor of a game play server in communication with a plurality of game play devices including a first game play device, each of the plurality of game play devices participating in one or more 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 the first game play device, allocate a portion of the input to the one or more progressive prizes;
- cause one or more secondary bingo cards to be displayed at the first game play device 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;
- determine that respective matching identifiers of a winning secondary bingo card from the one or more secondary bingo cards associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, award the progressive prize to the first game play device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.