Jackpot server, a method of processing a jackpot win and a gaming system
AssigneeAcei AB
InventorsUlf Abrink, Sven Hakan Andersson
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Abstract
A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network comprising: providing a jackpot server: receiving jackpot claim data at the jackpot server; locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data; aggregating any outstanding jackpot contributions for the jackpot record from contributing parts of the gaming network to form a prize; and communicating prize data corresponding to the prize to a network destination identified by the jackpot claim data.
Claims14
A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network comprising:
- providing a jackpot server:
- receiving jackpot claim data at the jackpot server;
- locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data;
- aggregating any outstanding jackpot contributions for the jackpot record from contributing parts of the gaming network to form a prize;
- and
- communicating prize data corresponding to the prize to a network destination identified by the jackpot claim data.
A jackpot server for a gaming network, the jackpot server arranged to:
- receive jackpot claim data;
- lock a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data;
- aggregate any outstanding jackpot contributions for the jackpot record from contributing parts of the gaming network to form a prize;
- and
- communicate prize data corresponding to the prize to a network destination identified by the jackpot claim data.
A gaming network comprising:
- a jackpot server;
- a plurality of participating gaming servers each of which is connected to one or more participating gaming clients, the participating gaming clients and gaming servers implementing game instances that contribute to a jackpot,
- the jackpot server arranged to:
- receive jackpot claim data from one of the participating gaming servers;
- lock a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data;
- aggregate any outstanding jackpot contributions for the jackpot record from contributing gaming servers to form a prize;
- and
- communicate prize data corresponding to the gaming server identified by the jackpot claim data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.