RANDOM PAY GAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20080076543A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gaming Enhancements Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Gaming Enhancements Incorporated
• Inventors: Bertram, William, Michaelson, Richard, Parham, Tyler
• Granted Patent: US 7,871,328 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/27
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots

Abstract

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 amount to win a random award from the prize pool for each of at least two game outcomes from the plurality of game outcomes.

Claims

1-54. -54. (canceled)

55. A gaming device for providing a game using random payout from a progressive prize pool, the gaming device comprising:

an input to receive a wager amount from a player;

logic to allocate a portion of non-gaming revenues to the progressive prize pool; and

logic configured to cause the player to be eligible to win a random amount of the progressive prize pool that includes the portion of the non-gaming revenues.

56. The gaming device of claim 55, further comprising logic to allocate a portion of the wager amount to the prize pool.

57. The gaming device of claim 55, wherein the player is caused to be eligible for the random amount without regard to a game outcome for a game play.

58. The gaming device of claim 55, further comprising logic to determine a game outcome for the game play.

59. The gaming device of claim 55, wherein causing the player to be eligible to win the random amount comprises causing the wager amount to be eligible to win the random amount.

60. A method for providing a game using random payout from a progressive prize pool, the method comprising:

receiving a wager amount from a player;

allocating a portion of non-gaming revenues to the progressive prize pool; and

causing the player to be eligible to win a random amount of the progressive prize pool that includes the portion of the non-gaming revenues.

61. The method of claim 60, further comprising allocating a portion of the wager amount to the prize pool.

62. The method of claim 60, wherein causing the wager amount comprises causing the wager amount to be eligible for the random amount without regard to a game outcome for a game play.

63. The method of claim 60, further comprising determining a game outcome for the game play.

64. The method of claim 60, wherein causing the player to be eligible to win the random amount comprises causing the wager amount to be eligible to win the random amount.

65. A system for providing a game using random payout from a progressive prize pool, the system comprising:

a gaming device configured to receive a wager amount from a player;

logic to allocate a portion of non-gaming revenues to the progressive prize pool; and

logic to cause the player to be eligible to win a random amount of the progressive prize pool that includes the portion of the non-gaming revenues.