Method, apparatus and pull-tab gaming set for use in a progressive pull-tab game
First Claim
1. A method of operating a progressive pull-tab game, comprising:
- providing a set of pull-tab cards which includes at least one jackpot card without a predetermined total value mixed in with a plurality of non-jackpot cards having predetermined values;
setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value;
displaying the progressive jackpot;
allowing a player to select a particular pull-tab rack from a plurality of pull-tab racks within a pull-tab dispensing unit;
selling one of the pull-tab cards to a player;
selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot;
for at least some of the sold pull-tab cards, reading the sold pull-tab cards in a card reader and presenting a display to the player indicative of the value of the card;
repeating the steps of displaying, selling and selectively increasing until the jackpot card is sold; and
thenawarding the progressive jackpot to the player that received the at least one jackpot card.
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Abstract
A pull-tab gaming set, a progressive pull-tab gaming system and a method of operating a progressive pull-tab game. The gaming set includes a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section. The gaming section contains indicia of a redemption value of the card which is unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed. There are preferably at least three classes of pull-tab cards in the gaming set in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value, losers having indicia of a zero value and at least one jackpot card with indicia of an undetermined total value. The progressive pull-tab card game system includes a pull-tab dispensing unit, configured to dispense pull-tab cards, a jackpot display, and a control system operatively connected to the dispensing unit to monitor the quantity of pull-tab cards dispensed. The control system is configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on that quantity and operatively connected to the jackpot display to cause it to display the computed jackpot value as pull-tab cards are dispensed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of operating a progressive pull-tab game, comprising:
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providing a set of pull-tab cards which includes at least one jackpot card without a predetermined total value mixed in with a plurality of non-jackpot cards having predetermined values; setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value; displaying the progressive jackpot; allowing a player to select a particular pull-tab rack from a plurality of pull-tab racks within a pull-tab dispensing unit; selling one of the pull-tab cards to a player; selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot; for at least some of the sold pull-tab cards, reading the sold pull-tab cards in a card reader and presenting a display to the player indicative of the value of the card; repeating the steps of displaying, selling and selectively increasing until the jackpot card is sold; and
thenawarding the progressive jackpot to the player that received the at least one jackpot card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a progressive pull-tab game, comprising:
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providing a set of pull-tab cards which includes at least one jackpot card without a predetermined total value mixed in with a plurality of non-jackpot cards having predetermined values; setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value; displaying the progressive jackpot; allowing a player to choose a particular pull-tab dispensing unit from a predetermined number of pull-tab dispensing units; selling one of the pull-tab cards to a player; selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot; for at least some of the sold pull-tab cards, reading the sold pull-tab cards in a card reader and presenting a display to the player indicative of the value of the card; repeating the steps of displaying, selling and selectively increasing until the jackpot card is sold; and
thenawarding the progressive jackpot to the player that received the at least one jackpot card. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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