US 5,855,515 · Granted 1999-01-05
Progressive gaming system
A progressive gaming system with wide applicability to a potentially large number of players is provided. A three-level hierarchy can be used in which a portion of wagers and individual terminals are earmarked for contribution to a progressive jackpot, each casino is allotted one chance at a prize for each threshold amount of contribution and a win/loss decision is made, for each such chance, by a central computer system.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 5,855,515
- Filing date
- 1996-09-30
- Grant date
- 1999-01-05
- Assignee
- International Game Technology
- Inventor(s)
- PEASE; LOGAN L., CREVELT; DWIGHT E., REDDICKS; CHRIS D.
- CPC class
- G07F17/32
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