Overlapping progressive jackpots
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1. A computer-implemented method of enabling participation in progressive jackpots in a gaming property, the method comprising:
- accepting a wager at a gaming device;
logically associating the wager with a first progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot associated with a first set of participating gaming devices; and
logically associating the wager with a second progressive jackpot different than the first progressive jackpot, the second progressive jackpot associated with a second set of participating gaming devices, the second set of participating gaming devices comprising more gaming devices than the first set of participating gaming devices,wherein logically associating the wager with the first progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a first fraction of the wager to increase the first progressive jackpot, the first fraction having a first value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a first amount, the first fraction having a second value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a second amount, the first value being greater than the second value when the first amount is less than the second amount, the second value being equal to zero when the second amount reaches a predetermined value level; and
wherein logically associating the wager with the second progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a second fraction of the wager to increase the second progressive jackpot, wherein the first fraction is larger than the second fraction.
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Abstract
A gaming device accepts a wager. The wager is logically associated with a first progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot associated with a first set of participating gaming devices. The wager is also logically associated with a second progressive jackpot different than the first progressive jackpot, the second progressive jackpot associated with a second set of participating gaming devices, the second set of participating gaming devices comprising more gaming devices than the first set of participating gaming devices.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of enabling participation in progressive jackpots in a gaming property, the method comprising:
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accepting a wager at a gaming device; logically associating the wager with a first progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot associated with a first set of participating gaming devices; and logically associating the wager with a second progressive jackpot different than the first progressive jackpot, the second progressive jackpot associated with a second set of participating gaming devices, the second set of participating gaming devices comprising more gaming devices than the first set of participating gaming devices, wherein logically associating the wager with the first progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a first fraction of the wager to increase the first progressive jackpot, the first fraction having a first value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a first amount, the first fraction having a second value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a second amount, the first value being greater than the second value when the first amount is less than the second amount, the second value being equal to zero when the second amount reaches a predetermined value level; and wherein logically associating the wager with the second progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a second fraction of the wager to increase the second progressive jackpot, wherein the first fraction is larger than the second fraction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A gaming device comprising:
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a housing; a display carried by the housing; a user interface carried by the housing and configured to receive user input from a player; a processor that executes instructions; and a computer-readable memory that stores instructions that cause the processor to enable participation in progressive jackpots, by; accepting a wager via the user interface; logically associating the wager with a first progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot associated with a first set of participating gaming devices; and logically associating the wager with a second progressive jackpot different than the first progressive jackpot, the second progressive jackpot associated with a second set of participating gaming devices, the second set of participating gaming devices comprising more gaming devices than the first set of participating gaming devices, wherein logically associating the wager with the first progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a first fraction of the wager to increase the first progressive jackpot, the first fraction having a first value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a first amount, the first fraction having a second value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a second amount, the first value being greater than the second value when the first amount is less than the second amount, the second value being equal to zero when the second amount reaches a predetermined value level; and wherein logically associating the wager with the second progressive jackpot further comprises allocating at least a second fraction of the wager to increase the second progressive jackpot, wherein the first fraction is larger than the second fraction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that cause a processor to enable participation in progressive jackpots, by:
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receiving information indicative of a wager made at a gaming device; logically associating the wager with a first progressive jackpot if the information indicative of the wager indicates that the wager is equal or greater than a predetermined number of bets associated with the first progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot associated with a first set of participating gaming devices defined by a bank of gaming devices in a gaming property, wherein logically associating the wager with the first progressive jackpot comprises allocating at least a first fraction of the wager to increase the first progressive jackpot, the first fraction having a first non-zero value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a first amount and having a second value that is less than the first value when the first progressive jackpot comprises a second amount that is higher than the first amount, the second value being equal to zero when the first progressive jackpot comprises a predetermined value level; and logically associating the wager with a second progressive jackpot different than the first progressive jackpot, the second progressive jackpot associated with a second set of participating gaming devices defined by gaming devices located throughout the gaming property, the second set of participating gaming devices comprising more gaming devices than the first set of participating gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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