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US 2025/0029448 A1Published application
Funding progressive awards using auction bidding sequences
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJeffery McIntosh, Dwayne Nelson, Anthony Baerlocher
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Abstract
Systems and methods that enable one or more bids placed in association with one award, such as a first progressive award, in an auction bidding sequence, to fund another award, such as a second progressive award.
Claims21
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 first progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event:
- enable a plurality of bids to be placed on the first progressive award during an auction bidding sequence, wherein a portion of at least one of the plurality of bids funds a second progressive award, and
- responsive to one of the plurality of bids determined to be a winning bid, cause the first progressive award to be provided to a player associated with 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 first progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event:
- enable a plurality of bids to be placed on the first progressive award during an auction bidding sequence,
- responsive to one of the plurality of bids determined to be a winning bid:
- cause the first progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the winning bid, and
- cause a first portion of at least a first bid of the plurality of bids not determined to be the winning bid to fund a second progressive award, and
- responsive to none of the plurality of bids determined to be the winning bid, cause a second portion of at least the first bid to fund the second progressive award.
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The system of claim 11, wherein the second portion comprises no portion.
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,
- responsive to a first occurrence of a progressive award triggering event prior to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event, cause the first progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the first occurrence of the progressive award triggering event, and
- responsive to an occurrence of the award auction triggering event prior to any occurrence of the progressive award triggering event and one of a plurality of bids placed on the first progressive award during an auction bidding sequence determined to be a winning bid:
- cause the first progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the winning bid, wherein during the auction bidding sequence, no progressive award triggering event can occur in association with the first progressive award,
- allocate a first portion of at least one of the plurality of bids to a second progressive award, and
- responsive to a second occurrence of the progressive award triggering event, cause the second progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the second occurrence of the progressive award triggering event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.