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US 2025/0029447 A1Published application
Auction bidding sequences for progressive awards
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery McIntosh, Dwayne Nelson, Anthony Baerlocher
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Abstract
Systems and methods that enable an award, such as a progressive award, to be auctioned off in an auction bidding sequence.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event:
- enable a plurality of bids to be placed on the progressive award during an auction bidding sequence, and
- responsive to one of the plurality of bids determined to be a winning bid:
- cause the progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the winning bid, and
- retain a portion of each of the plurality of bids not determined to be the winning bid.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event:
- enable a plurality of bids to be placed on the progressive award during an auction bidding sequence,
- responsive to one of the plurality of bids determined to be a winning bid:
- cause the progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the winning bid, and
- retain a first portion of at least a first bid of the plurality of bids not determined to be the winning bid, and
- responsive to none of the plurality of bids determined to be the winning bid, retain a second portion of at least the first bid.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event prior to any occurrence of any progressive award triggering event associated with the progressive award and one of a plurality of bids placed on the progressive award during an auction bidding sequence determined to be a winning bid:
- cause the progressive award to be provided to a first player associated with the winning bid, wherein during the auction bidding sequence, no progressive award triggering event can occur in association with the progressive award, and
- retain a portion of at least one of the plurality of bids not determined to be the winning bid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.