Method, apparatus and gaming set for use in a progressive game
First Claim
1. A pull-tab gaming set for use in a progressive game, the set comprising a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section which contains indicia of a redemption value of the card, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed and where the gaming set includes at least three classes of pull-tab cards 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 , wherein each of said at least one jackpot cards is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on said jackpot card prior to the play of said progressive game, said indicia on said jackpot card having an undetermined total value.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
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 at least three two 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 trait 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-tabs are dispensed. The method of operating a progressive pull-tab game includes the steps of providing a set of pull-tab cards which includes at least one jackpot card without a predetermined total value, setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value, displaying the progressive jackpot, dispensing one of the pull-tab cards to a player, selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot, repeating the steps of displaying, dispensing and selectively increasing until the jackpot card is dispensed and then awarding the progressive jackpot to the player that received the jackpot card.
85 Citations
51 Claims
- 1. A pull-tab gaming set for use in a progressive game, the set comprising a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a front portion, a back portion and a selectively revealable gaming section which contains indicia of a redemption value of the card, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed and where the gaming set includes at least three classes of pull-tab cards 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 , wherein each of said at least one jackpot cards is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on said jackpot card prior to the play of said progressive game, said indicia on said jackpot card having an undetermined total value.
-
12. A progressive pull-tab card game system comprising:
-
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 and configured to compute a jackpot value dependent on that quantity, the control system further being operatively connected to the jackpot display to cause it to display the computed jackpot value as pull-tab cards are dispensed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
21. 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 , 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, and further wherein said indicia on the jackpot card have an undetermined total value;
setting a progressive jackpot to a predetermined value;
displaying the progressive jackpot;
dispensing one of the pull-tab cards to a player;
selectively increasing the value of the progressive jackpot;
repeating the steps of displaying, dispensing and selectively increasing until the jackpot card is dispensed; and
thenawarding the progressive jackpot to the player that received the jackpot card. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
-
- 26. A pull-tab gaming set for use in a progressive game, the set comprising a plurality of pull-tab cards, each card having a selectively revealable gaming section that contains indicia of a redemption value of the cards, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed and where the gaming set includes pull-tab cards in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value and at least one jackpot card, wherein each of said at least one jackpot cards is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on said jackpot card prior to the play of said progressive game, said indicia on said jackpot card having an undetermined total value.
-
31. A progressive pull-tab card game system comprising:
a pull-tab dispenser, adapted to dispense pull-tab cards;
- View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
37. A method of operating a progressive pull-tab game, comprising:
providing a set of pull-tab cards which includes at least one jackpot card, wherein each of said at least one jackpot cards id designated as a jackpot card by indicia on said jackpot card prior to the play of said progressive pull-tab game, said indicia on said jackpot card having an undetermined total value;
- View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
-
44. A method of conducting a pull-tab game comprising:
-
providing a set of pull-tab cards including at least one jackpot card mixed in with a multiplicity of non-jackpot cards with predetermined values, wherein each of said at least one jackpot cards is designated as a jackpot card by indicia on said jackpot card prior to the play of said pull-tab game, said indicia on said jackpot card having an undetermined total value;
distributing the pull-tab cards from the set of pull-tab cards sequentially to multiple players in a fashion so that the players do not known when the at least one jackpot card will be distributed; and
- View Dependent Claims (45)
-
-
46. A gaming set for use in a progressive game, the set comprising a plurality of play, each play having a selectively revealable gaming section that contains indicia of a redemption value, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed, and where the redemption value is a fixed non-zero value, a zero value or a jackpot value, wherein at least one play is designated as a jackpot play by indicia on said play prior to playing said progressive game, said indicia on said jackpot play having an undetermined jackpot value, and wherein at least part of the jackpot value is to be determined during play of the progressive game.
-
47. A method of operating a progressive game, comprising:
providing a gaming set that includes a predetermined number of plays, each play having a selectively revealable gaming section that contains indicia of a redemption value, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed, and where each redemption value is a fixed non-zero value, a zero value, or a jackpot value, and where at least one play has a redemption value that is the jackpot value, wherein the jackpot value is designated as the jackpot value by indicia on said play prior to playing said progressive game, said indicia on said jackpot value having an undetermined total value;
- View Dependent Claims (48)
-
49. A gaming set for use in a progressive game, the set comprising a plurality of plays, each play having a selectively revealable gaming section that contains indicia of a redemption value of the play, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed, and where the gaming set includes plays in the form of winners having indicia of a fixed non-zero value and at least one jackpot play with indicia on an undetermined total value, wherein the at least one jackpot play is designated as a jackpot play by indicia on said jackpot play prior to playing said progressive game.
-
50. A method of conducting a progressive game, comprising:
providing a set of plays including at least one jackpot play of undetermined value mixed in with a multiplicity of non-jackpot plays with predetermined values, wherein each of said at least one jackpot play is designated as a jackpot play by indicia on said jackpot play prior to playing said progressive game;
-
51. A method of conducting a progressive game, comprising:
providing a gaming set that includes a predetermined number of revealable gaming sections, each revealable gaming section containing indicia of a redemption value, the redemption value being unascertainable until the gaming section is revealed, and each redemption value being one of a fixed non-zero value, a zero value, or a jackpot value, wherein the jackpot value is designated as the jackpot value by indicia on said revealable gaming section prior to playing said progressive game, said indicia on said revealable gaming section having an undetermined total value;
Specification