Gaming systems with configurable jackpot award strategies
AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDaniel William Milligan, Christopher John Thacker, Stephen Wade Brooks, Jason Todd Sprinkle
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Abstract
A gaming machine includes an input device and a processor coupled to the input device. The input device is configured to receive a game play event from a player. The processor is programmed to determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based at least in part on the game play event. The jackpot trigger condition includes a target quantity of games played, a target set of game tokens, a target pattern of game symbols, and/or a target pattern of game play outcomes. The processor is further programmed to award a jackpot credit to one or more players when the jackpot trigger condition is satisfied.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory configured to store a game token award table and instructions thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a game play outcome for a first player;
- award a first token to the first player based on a lookup of the game token award table using the game play outcome, the game token award table identifying a plurality of token award conditions;
- update a set of tokens associated with the first player to be an updated set of tokens including the first token;
- compare the updated set of tokens with a target set of tokens, the target set of tokens including a plurality of token types, each token type of the plurality of token types being associated with a corresponding token award condition of the plurality of token award conditions;
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- determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based on whether the updated set of tokens associated with the first player includes each token type of the target set of tokens.
A non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions embodied thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a game play outcome associated with a first player identifier;
- award a first token based on a lookup of a game token award table using the game play outcome, the game token award table identifying a plurality of token award conditions;
- update a set of tokens associated with the first player identifier to be an updated set of tokens including the first token;
- compare the updated set of tokens with a target set of tokens, the target set of tokens including a plurality of token types, each token type of the plurality of token types being associated with a corresponding token award condition of the plurality of token award conditions;
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- determine whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based on whether the updated set of tokens associated with the first player identifier includes each token type of the target set of tokens.
A method for use with a gaming system, the method comprising:
- determining a game play outcome for a first player;
- awarding a first token to the first player based on a lookup of a game token award table using the game play outcome, the game token award table identifying a plurality of token award conditions;
- updating a set of tokens associated with the first player to be an updated set of tokens including the first token;
- comparing the updated set of tokens with a target set of tokens, the target set of tokens including a plurality of token types, each token type of the plurality of token types being associated with a corresponding token award condition of the plurality of token award conditions;
- and
- determining whether a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied based on whether the updated set of tokens associated with the first player includes each token type of the target set of tokens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.