System and method for establishing a progressive jackpot award
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a progressive jackpot award associated with a machine useable by a user, the user having a user account stored in a computer connected to the machine, the computer including a database for storing user account data including bonus points associated with the user, the progressive jackpot award having an associated payout value, including the steps of:
- allowing the user to access the bonus points in the user account from the machine;
allowing the user to use a number of the bonus points on the machine; and
, adding an incremental number to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user.
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Abstract
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 award has an associated payout value. The user uses the bonus points on the machine and an incremental number is added to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user.
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74 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a progressive jackpot award associated with a machine useable by a user, the user having a user account stored in a computer connected to the machine, the computer including a database for storing user account data including bonus points associated with the user, the progressive jackpot award having an associated payout value, including the steps of:
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allowing the user to access the bonus points in the user account from the machine;
allowing the user to use a number of the bonus points on the machine; and
,adding an incremental number to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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8. A method, as set forth in calim 6, wherein the trigger event by the incremental number being equal or substantially equal to the trigger amount.
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20. A method for providing a progressive jackpot award to a user of one of a plurality of machines connected to a computer, the user having a user account stored in the computer, the user account having a number of bonus points associated with the user, the progressive jackpot award having an associated payout value, comprising:
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allowing the user to access the bonus points in the user account from one of the plurality of machines;
allowing the user to use a number of bonus points on the machine;
adding an incremental number to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user;
determining if a trigger event has occurred; and
,awarding the progressive jackpot award to the user if the trigger event has occurred as a result of the user using the bonus points. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 45, 46)
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39. A system for establishing a progressive jackpot award, the progressive jackpot award having an associated payout value, comprising:
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a machine useable by a user;
a computer coupled to the machine for tracking a user account; and
,a database, on the computer, for storing user account data in the user account, including bonus points associated with the user, for allowing the user to access the bonus points in the user account from the machine and to use a number of bonus points on the machine, and for adding an incremental number to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A system for providing a progressive jackpot award, the progressive jackpot award having an associated payout value, comprising:
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a plurality of machines useable by a user;
a computer coupled to the plurality of machines for tracking a user account; and
,a database, on the computer, for storing user account data in the user account including bonus points associated with the user, for allowing the user to access the bonus points in the user account from one of the plurality of machines and to use a number of bonus points on the one of the plurality of machines, for adding an incremental number of to the payout value of the progressive jackpot award as a function of the number of bonus points used by the user, and for determining if a trigger event has occurred and responsively awarding the progressive jackpot award to the user if the trigger event has occurred as a result of the user using the bonus points. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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