Progressive jackpot for deals of instant game ticket where winning progressive jackpot instant ticket is randomly selected from unplayed tickets after coin-in or progressive jackpot amount for the deals of instant tickets reaches predetermined value
US10984635B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3258
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A winning progressive jackpot ticket is selected from deals of instant tickets that are dispensed from a network of gaming machines by randomly selecting, upon initiation of a progressive jackpot, a coin-in value that falls within a predetermined range of coin-in values, detecting in the server when the coin-in value is reached as a result of a purchase of an instant ticket at one of the gaming machines, randomly selecting the winning progressive jackpot ticket from all of the currently unplayed instant tickets, or from the next n number of currently unplayed instant tickets, when the coin-in value is detected as reaching the coin-in value that was randomly selected, and awarding the current progressive jackpot amount to the player who subsequently purchases the winning progressive jackpot ticket. A similar process randomly selects a progressive jackpot value that falls within a predetermined range of progressive jackpot values.
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