Jackpot gaming system having jackpot display
First Claim
1. A method performed by a gaming device comprising:
- playing a main game on a gaming machine and displaying an outcome on the gaming machine;
accumulating a jackpot amount;
playing and displaying a jackpot game after the main game, wherein the jackpot game is played irrespective of an outcome of the main game; and
awarding a player the jackpot amount for a jackpot-winning outcome of the jackpot game.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, on an additional display unit for each gaming machine in a system of gaming machines, a jackpot game is played after each main game on an associated gaming machine. A jackpot control unit, common to all gaming machines, predetermines the jackpot game outcome for each gaming machine. A jackpot win is determined by the jackpot control unit based on a triggering event. The main game and jackpot game may be the spinning of actual or virtual reels, where the resulting symbol combinations determine the award to the player. Because the display for the jackpot symbols may be situated in a separate housing, it can be connected to any gaming machine without modifying the machine.
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29 Claims
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1. A method performed by a gaming device comprising:
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playing a main game on a gaming machine and displaying an outcome on the gaming machine;
accumulating a jackpot amount;
playing and displaying a jackpot game after the main game, wherein the jackpot game is played irrespective of an outcome of the main game; and
awarding a player the jackpot amount for a jackpot-winning outcome of the jackpot game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A jackpot system comprising:
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a jackpot control unit, common to a plurality of gaming machines, for predetermining a jackpot outcome of a jackpot game played by the plurality of gaming machines;
a first jackpot display for displaying a jackpot amount common to the plurality of gaming machines; and
a second jackpot display, associated with a particular gaming machine, for displaying the outcome of the jackpot game, determined by the jackpot control unit, after play of a main game by the particular gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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