System and method for presenting a game of chance with a progressive jackpot
AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJon Yarbrough, Ryan Cuddy, Mike Oberberger
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Abstract
A gaming machine receives a first play input at a first gaming machine, determines a first quantity of play areas based on a first wager, generates at least one first play area based on the determined first quantity, and determines whether the at least one first play area satisfies a predetermined first threshold. At least a portion of the first wager associated with the first play input is allocated to a progressive jackpot. At least a first portion of the progressive jackpot is allocated to the first gaming machine when the at least one first play area satisfies the predetermined first threshold.
Claims20
A gaming system for presenting game play of a game, the gaming system comprising at least one processor executing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
- generate a master set of identifiers for a secondary game including one or more progressive prizes, wherein a plurality of game play devices participate in the secondary game;
- cause one or more secondary play areas to be displayed at a first game play device of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- compare the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary play areas during a round of game play to identify matching identifiers of at least one of the one or more secondary play areas;
- determine that the matching identifiers of the at least one of the one or more secondary play areas associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, credit the progressive prize to a credit balance associated with the first game play device.
A method for presenting game play of a game at a plurality of game play devices, the method comprising:
- generating a master set of identifiers for a secondary game including one or more progressive prizes, wherein the plurality of game play devices participate in the secondary game;
- causing one or more secondary play areas to be displayed at a first game play device of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- comparing the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary play areas during a round of game play to identify matching identifiers of at least one of the one or more secondary play areas;
- determining that the matching identifiers of the at least one of the one or more secondary play areas associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, crediting the progressive prize to a credit balance associated with the first game play device.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processor of a gaming system for presenting game play of a game, cause the at least one processor to:
- generate a master set of identifiers for a secondary game including one or more progressive prizes, wherein a plurality of game play devices participate in the secondary game;
- cause one or more secondary play areas to be displayed at a first game play device of the plurality of game play devices as part of a round of play of the secondary game;
- compare the master set of identifiers with respective pluralities of identifiers of the one or more secondary play areas during a round of game play to identify matching identifiers of at least one of the one or more secondary play areas;
- determine that the matching identifiers of the at least one of the one or more secondary play areas associated with the first game play device satisfies a winning pattern for the secondary game, wherein the master set of identifiers remain constant until the winning pattern is satisfied;
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- in response to the determination, credit the progressive prize to a credit balance associated with the first game play device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.