# US 2008/0188296 A1 · Progressive gaming device and method of use > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0188296 A1 - Document ID: US20080188296A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/026,196 - Filed: 2008-02-05 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2007-02-05 - Assignees: Atlantic City Cion & Slot Service Company, Inc. - Inventors: Jerald C. Seelig; Lawrence M. Henshaw - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080188296A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A gaming apparatus includes a gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game. A controller is in communication with the gaming device. The controller maintains a progressive jackpot and randomly determines a contribution amount from the wager placed on each game cycle by each participating player. The contribution amount is collected from the wager and added to the progressive jackpot. A gaming method using the gaming apparatus is also disclosed ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gaming apparatus comprising: (A) at least one gaming device that is adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game; and (B) a controller in communication with the gaming device, the controller being adapted to: (a) maintain a progressive jackpot; (b) randomly determine a contribution amount; (c) collect the contribution amount from the wager; and (d) add the contribution amount to the progressive jackpot. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gaming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contribution amount is a percentage of the wager calculated at the end of a game cycle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gaming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contribution amount is within a pre-determined range of contribution amounts. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gaming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contribution amount is changed upon the occurrence of a triggering event. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gaming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the triggering event is the expiration of a time period. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The gaming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the triggering event is the progressive jackpot exceeding a pre-determined value. ### Claim 7 A method of gaming, comprising, not all necessarily in the order shown: (A) allowing a player to place a wager and play a game, the game including at least one progressive jackpot; (B) randomly determining a first amount of the wager to he apportioned to fund the progressive jackpot; (C) collecting the first amount; and (D) adding the first amount to the progressive jackpot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first amount is changed when a triggering event occurs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the triggering event is the end of a time period. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the triggering event occurs when the progressive jackpot exceeds a pre-determined amount. ### Claim 11 A gaming apparatus comprising: (A) a plurality of gaming devices, each of the gaming devices adapted to accept a wager and allow a player to play a game; and (B) a server in communication with the gaming devices, the server being adapted to: (a) maintain a first progressive jackpot; (b) determine a contribution amount; (c) collect the contribution amount from the wagers, and; (d) adding a first portion of the contribution amount to the first progressive jackpot. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The gaming apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a second progressive jackpot maintained by the server wherein the contribution amount is further divided into a first portion and a second portion, the second portion added to the second progressive jackpot. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The gaming apparatus of claim 11, wherein the contribution amount is randomly determined. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The gaming apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first portion and the second portion are randomly determined. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The gaming apparatus of claim 11, wherein the contribution amount is changed upon the occurrence of a triggering event. ### Claim 16 A method of gaming, comprising, not all necessarily in the order shown: (A) allowing a player to place a wager and play a game, the game including a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot; (B) allocating OR paying a portion of the wager to fund the first and second progressive jackpots; (C) determining how to split the portion of the wager into a first and second progressive jackpot funding amount; (D) adding the first progressive jackpot funding amount to the first progressive jackpot; and (E) adding the second progressive jackpot funding amount to the second progressive jackpot. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the portion of the wager is randomly determined. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second progressive jackpot funding amounts are randomly determined. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the portion of the wager collected is changed upon the occurrence of a triggering event.