US 2003/0146574 A1Published application

Jackpot awarding system

AssigneeLabtronix Concept Inc.

InventorGerald Duhamel

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Abstract

The object of the present invention is a method of awarding prizes, also known as progressive jackpots, in association with a wagering game such as a Poker game. A particular application of this method is in association with a Poker game on an electronic gaming device. For awarding the progressive jackpot, players must accumulate in a counter a number of point corresponding exactly to one of the predetermined criteria. To obtain points, players have only to play the Poker game as on any other Poker machine. The points are added in the counter along with the winning outcomes in the game. A particular embodiment consists of awarding two kinds of points: win points and no-win points. With this embodiment, only win points are effective to win the progressive jackpot. The no-win points increase the counter values but can not lead to winning the jackpot.

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Dependent claims

A method of calculating a special prize value to be awarded during the play of a casino game in which bets are accepted from at least one player to participate in said game and said game is played to determine an outcome, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting a special prize winning match value from a predetermined set of sum values for said at least one player;
processing said outcome to award one of a predetermined set of outcome point values, said outcome point values having different values in accordance with different said outcomes whose sum is able to be any member in said predetermined set of sum values;
accumulating a sum of said outcome point values for said at least one player over a number of said games;
determining a match between said match value and said sum for said at least one player;
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calculating said special prize value for said at least one player as a function of said match, wherein said match value is selected to have a probability of being matched by said sum within a predetermined number of games.

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