Participation awards for wide-area progressive wagering games
US12283160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/329
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A secondary progressive award is provided for a wide-area progressive wagering game as a celebration or participation award. A processor circuit determines that a winning condition for a wide-area progressive wagering game has been satisfied for a gaming device of a plurality of eligible gaming devices. For each gaming device of the plurality of eligible gaming devices, it is determined whether the gaming device meets a predetermined activity condition, and a subset of active gaming devices of the plurality of eligible gaming devices is determined based on the active gaming devices meeting the predetermined activity condition. A primary progressive award is provided to a user of the a gaming device associated with the winning condition, and a secondary progressive award is provided to each gaming device of the determined subset of active gaming devices.
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