Progressive gaming control and communication system
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1. A progressive system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming machines;
a progressive controller;
a communication unit operative connected for bi-directional communication with said progressive controller and directly connected for bi-directional communication with each of said gaming machines utilizing a plurality of communication lines such that each of said gaming machines is connected to said communication unit in parallel, and which includes control means having a computer and a data memory for storing an accumulation of coin-in information from more than one of said gaming machines;
for transmitting said accumulation of coin-in information and jackpot hit data from said gaming machines to said progressive controller;
for transmitting jackpot value data from said progressive controller to said gaming machines and for broadcasting simultaneously a plurality of jackpot display values to each of said gaming machines over each of said communication lines.
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Abstract
In order to provide a progressive gaming system with greater speed, flexibility and reliability a communication unit is used to control the information transmitted between a group of gaming machines and a progressive controller. The communication unit collects coin-in information from each of the gaming machines and transmits this information to the progressive controller in response to periodic poll signal signals from the progressive controller.
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1. A progressive system comprising:
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a plurality of gaming machines; a progressive controller; a communication unit operative connected for bi-directional communication with said progressive controller and directly connected for bi-directional communication with each of said gaming machines utilizing a plurality of communication lines such that each of said gaming machines is connected to said communication unit in parallel, and which includes control means having a computer and a data memory for storing an accumulation of coin-in information from more than one of said gaming machines;
for transmitting said accumulation of coin-in information and jackpot hit data from said gaming machines to said progressive controller;
for transmitting jackpot value data from said progressive controller to said gaming machines and for broadcasting simultaneously a plurality of jackpot display values to each of said gaming machines over each of said communication lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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