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Amusement Devices: Games > Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.) > Credit/debit Monitoring Or Manipulation (e.g., Game Entry, Betting, Prize Level, Etc.) > Pool Amount (e.g., Jackpot, Etc.) > Pool Carryover (e.g., Progressive Jackpot, Etc.) Pool Carryover (e.g., Progressive Jackpot, Etc.)Pool Carryover (e.g., Progressive Jackpot, Etc.) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/21/06 - 20060287077 - Progressive gaming system A gaming system includes at least one progressive server and a plurality of gaming machines configured to present wagering games to players for play. The at least one progressive server is configured to generate a plurality of progressive jackpots funded at least partially from funds transactions at the gaming machines. ... 08/17/06 - 20060183538 - Flexible determination of progressive awards The present invention provides novel method and devices for implementing progressive systems on networked gaming machines and associated network devices. Some preferred implementations of the invention allow a target progressive pool size to be selected and apply payouts such that the actual progressive pool size is not likely to exceed ... 08/17/06 - 20060183537 - System and method for automatic progressive link dispersal Certain embodiments provide a system and method for automatic progressive link management and dispersal. Certain embodiments of a progressive gaming system include a first progressive link, wherein the first progressive link includes a first progressive amount. The system also includes a second progressive link, wherein the second progressive link includes ... 07/27/06 - 20060166735 - Equalizing different jackpot games with frequent pays Two-way communications between casino games and diverse master controllers using a universal game module there between allows routing event messages with standard protocols. The universal game module with a computer processor, circuitry, connection ports, interfaces and protocols allows the communications by evaluating, prioritizing, polling and routing communications. A jackpot group ... 06/29/06 - 20060142079 - Universal progressive game pool The present invention provides systems and methods that allow gaming machines to participate in a progressive pool and offer a progressive award regardless of the game installed on the gaming machine. The present invention also permits gaming machine participation in a progressive pool regardless of wager amount. This permits larger ... 04/27/06 - 20060089196 - Random pay gaming method and system A method of providing a game for a gaming device using random payout from a prize pool, the game including a plurality of possible game outcomes, is provided. The method comprises: receiving, at the gaming device, a wager amount; receiving an input to initiate game play; and qualifying the wager ... 04/06/06 - 20060073889 - Progressive gaming system and machines with partial payout New progressive gaming machines and systems and related methods and components offer players opportunities to win a portion of a progressive jackpot. In one exemplary system, one or more gaming machines in a system payout a portion of a progressive jackpot value in response to a progressive winning event, with ... 04/06/06 - 20060073888 - Jackpot interfaces and services on a gaming machine A disclosed a player tracking unit provides a touch screen display with a touch screen controller integrated into the touch screen sensor assembly. Game service interfaces may be presented on the touch screen display that allow a user to obtain one or more game services. With the touch screen sensor, ... 04/06/06 - 20060073887 - Wide area progressive jackpot system and methods A progressive jackpot system for allowing access to multiple wide area progressive jackpots at a gaming machine is described. The gaming machine connected to the progressive systems can be switched between two or more different progressive games where each progressive game provides the chance to win a different wide area ... 04/06/06 - 20060073886 - Gaming device, system, and method having concurrent gaming features A gaming device having a primary game and at least one concurrent game that is played on the primary game playfield using the outcome of the primary game. The concurrent game or games are separate from the primary game and may pay awards regardless of the outcome of the primary ... 03/09/06 - 20060052162 - System and method for establishing a progressive jackpot award System and method establish a progressive jackpot award associated with a machine useable by a user. The user has a user account stored in a computer connected to the machine. The computer includes a database for storing user account data including bonus points associated with the user. The progressive jackpot ... 03/09/06 - 20060052161 - System and method for establishing a progressive jackpot award System and method establish a progressive jackpot award associated with a machine useable by a user. The machine has an associated theoretical hold percentage. The user has a user account stored in a computer connected to the machine. The progressive jackpot award has an associated payout value. The user establishes ... 03/09/06 - 20060052160 - Multi-player bingo game with progressive jackpots The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot in a gaming network having a plurality of operatively coupled gaming units. A progressive jackpot award amount may be determined in part based on the amount of the player's wager for ... 03/09/06 - 20060052159 - Multivendor progressive gaming system A method of facilitating the play of a progressive game and a system for facilitating the play of a progressive game are disclosed. The method may include accruing a portion of wagers to a multi-vendor progressive prize fund, tracking the total amount accrued to the multi-vendor progressive prize fund by ... 02/23/06 - 20060040736 - Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s) ... 02/16/06 - 20060035706 - Wagering game with payoff rounding feature A method for playing a wagering game allowing a player to be eligible for a progressive jackpot having an actual value. The method comprises conducting the wagering game that has a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes, and displaying a displayed value of the progressive jackpot to ... 02/09/06 - 20060030403 - Gaming method and device involving progressive wagers A method of gaming is disclosed wherein progressive award values may be increased in response to certain pre-established game outcomes, wager amounts or random events. The increased progressive award values may be based on a primary game or secondary game outcome. Another innovation is the resetting of progressive awards upon ... 02/02/06 - 20060025211 - Gaming system constructions and methods A slot play stimulator is described including a gaming system for progressive jackpots comprising a plurality of gaming machines and a progressive jackpot system having a start show signal; a themed area construction comprising a canopy and at least one stand coupled to the plurality of gaming machines; a slot ... 12/22/05 - 20050282628 - Method and apparatus for a gaming network architecture Embodiments of the invention relate generally to wagering games and, more particularly, to a gaming network linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming network has a plurality of servers dedicated to providing a shared game to a plurality of gaming terminals. The shared game may be either competitive ... 10/27/05 - 20050239542 - Method and apparatus for multi-coin and multi-denomination progressive jackpots The present invention is a method for controlling the funding and awarding of jackpot awards in a game in which wagers of varying size and/or denomination may be placed for conduct of the game and, during play of the game, a progressive payout trigger may occur. The method includes establishing ... 09/01/05 - 20050192088 - Enhanced process for gaming using multiple random progressive prize opportunities and bingo-type of gaming products thereby Novel enhanced gaming systems employ unique, specialized, for example, FIRESTAR™ type of indicia disposed upon at least one location of a plurality of pre-mapped locations housed on, for example, a multiplicity of bingo-type of cards. Percentages of indicia arrayed on, for example, card sets are controlled by a gaming proprietor's ... 08/25/05 - 20050187014 - Multi-player bingo game with optional progressive jackpot wager The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot, wherein each player has a unique game array of game indicia for the occurrence of the wagering game and individual game indicia are sequentially selected from a range of available game ... 08/11/05 - 20050176499 - Parimutual progressive pool controller A process builds a progressive wagering pool on a wagering race event that has multiple contestants and requires selecting multiple contestants in order or in combination to win a jackpot in the wagering race event. The process comprises increasing funding into the progressive wagering pool after an event has occurred ... 06/02/05 - 20050119047 - Slot machine game and system with improved jackpot feature Certain embodiments provide a method and system for awarding a progressive prize. The system includes a bank of gaming machines accepting different bets per play as selected by a player. A random number is selected from a predetermined fixed range of numbers that does not change during play of a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |