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AssigneePartyGaming IA Limited
InventorsIan Matthews, Paul Fraser, Damon Barnard
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A method and system of generating, funding, and distributing multiple jackpots in a game such as poker, specifically such as Texas Hold 'Em. The jackpots may be separate, independent bad beat jackpots that pay out at different intervals due to having independent triggering conditions that have different odds of occurring. Preferably, the triggering condition for each jackpot may be a losing player's hand strength. The specific values for the triggering conditions may be chosen by random, may be generally evenly distributed over the number of jackpots, may be determined by an algorithm, e.g., one that relies on the odds of each hand occurring, or by another method. The jackpots may be funded from rakes collected from substantially every hand that is played—subject to certain prerequisites being established—such that each jackpot may be considered progressive in that it grows over time.
A method for generating, funding, and distributing multiple jackpots in a game played by a plurality of players playing said game on a plurality of computers in communication with at least one central computer having a processor, said at least one central computer carrying out steps comprising:
A method for generating, funding, and distributing a plurality of jackpots in a poker game played by a plurality of players, said game comprising a plurality of hands, said plurality of players playing said game on a plurality of computers in communication with at least one central computer having a processor, said at least one central computer carrying out steps comprising:
A method for generating, funding, and distributing a plurality of bad beat jackpots in a poker game played by a plurality of players, said game comprising a plurality of hands, said plurality of players playing said game on a plurality of computers in communication with at least one central computer having a processor, said at least one central computer carrying out steps comprising:
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