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US 2025/0029449 A1Published application
Retiring progressive awards using auction bidding sequences
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 retired via an operator initiated 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 operator initiated 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
- retire the progressive award.
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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 device to display a progressive award associated with an average expected duration of availability based on a probability of an occurrence of a progressive award triggering event, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an award auction triggering event, independent of the average expected duration of availability associated with the progressive award and following a determination of a winning bid in an auction bidding sequence, enable an operator to make an input to retire the progressive award.
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A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- displaying, by a display device, of a progressive award, and
- responsive to an occurrence of an operator initiated award auction triggering event:
- enabling, by a processor, 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:
- causing the progressive award to be provided to a player associated with the winning bid, and
- retiring, by the processor, the progressive award.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.