Method, apparatus and gaming set for use in a progressive game
First Claim
1. A progressive pull-tab card game system, comprising:
- a pull-tab dispenser adapted to dispense pull-tab cards including indicia of redemption value, wherein the pull-tab cards include at least one jackpot card, wherein said at least one jackpot card is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on the jackpot card prior to the play of the progressive pull-tab game, wherein said indicia on the jackpot card have an undetermined total value, and further wherein each of the pull-tab cards includes a bar code corresponding to the indicia of redemption value of the pull-tab card;
a control system operatively connected to the dispenser to monitor the dispensing of pull-tab cards and configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on the dispensing of pull-tab cards; and
an electronic display associated with the control system and configured to present a display of the indicia of redemption value on the pull-tab cards, wherein the electronic display includes a reader adapted to read the bar code of a pull-tab card and to present the display of the indicia of redemption value based at least partially thereupon.
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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. 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, 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.
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40 Claims
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1. A progressive pull-tab card game system, comprising:
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a pull-tab dispenser adapted to dispense pull-tab cards including indicia of redemption value, wherein the pull-tab cards include at least one jackpot card, wherein said at least one jackpot card is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on the jackpot card prior to the play of the progressive pull-tab game, wherein said indicia on the jackpot card have an undetermined total value, and further wherein each of the pull-tab cards includes a bar code corresponding to the indicia of redemption value of the pull-tab card;
a control system operatively connected to the dispenser to monitor the dispensing of pull-tab cards and configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on the dispensing of pull-tab cards; and
an electronic display associated with the control system and configured to present a display of the indicia of redemption value on the pull-tab cards, wherein the electronic display includes a reader adapted to read the bar code of a pull-tab card and to present the display of the indicia of redemption value based at least partially thereupon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a progressive pull-tab game, comprising:
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providing a set of pull-tab cards having indicia of redemption value, wherein the set of pull-tab cards includes at least one jackpot card without a predetermined total value and a plurality of non-jackpot cards having predetermined values, wherein said at least one jackpot card is designated as a jackpot card by indicia of redemption on the jackpot card prior to the play of the progressive pull-tab game, and further wherein said indicia of redemption on the jackpot card have an undetermined total value;
setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value;
selling one of the pull-tab cards to a player;
selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot; and
presenting to the player, by way of an electronic display, an image indicative of the value of the pull-tab card. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of conducting a progressive game, comprising:
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providing a set of plays including at least one jackpot play of undetermined value and a multiplicity of non-jackpot plays with predetermined values, wherein said at least one jackpot play is designated as a jackpot play by indicia associated with the jackpot play prior to the play of the progressive game, and further wherein at least prior to being distributed said indicia associated with the jackpot play have an undetermined total value;
distributing electronically the plays from the set of plays sequentially in a fashion so that players of the game do not know when the at least one jackpot play will be distributed, where the step of distributing includes displaying on an electronic display screen information relating to the play from which the player can determine the value of the play; and
when the at least one jackpot play is distributed, awarding a jackpot to the player to whom the at least one jackpot play was distributed, where the value of the jackpot awarded is dependent on when, in the sequence of distributing the plays, the at least one jackpot play is distributed. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A progressive game system comprising:
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a dispenser adapted to dispense electronically plays associated with indicia of redemption value, wherein the plays include at least one jackpot play, wherein said at least one jackpot play is designated as a jackpot play by indicia associated with the jackpot play prior to the play of the progressive game, and further wherein said indicia on the jackpot play have an undetermined total value;
a jackpot display;
a control system operatively connected to the dispenser to monitor the dispensing of plays and configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on the dispensing of plays, the control system further being operatively connected to the jackpot display to cause it to display the computed jackpot value as plays are dispensed; and
an electronic display screen associated with the control system and configured to present a display of the indicia of redemption value associated with the plays. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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