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EP0338644A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Apparatus for progressive jackpot gaming

Assignee: D&D Gaming Patents Inc
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Filing: 1989-04-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-04-18
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Abstract

Abstract Apparatus for including a progressive jackpot component in a live casino table game. In addition to playing a live casino table game, each player makes an additional wager at the beginning of each hand that makes that player eligible to win all of part of a jackpot. If during the play of the hand a player is dealt a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected percentage of the jackpot amount. The jackpot is progressive in that unwon amounts of the jackpot carry over to the next hand. Apparatus is provided to receive each gaming token wagered for the jackpot component, to increment the jackpot meter which displays the jackpot amount, to decrement the jackpot meter whenever a winning hand is paid and to reset the apparatus for the next hand.

Inventors

  • 👤 James Patrick Suttle
  • 👤 Daniel Aloysius Jones

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 09:40
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3258; A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06; A63F1/18; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; G07F17/3286; G07F17/3293; A63F2003/00167; A63F2003/0017; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/14; A63F2250/142

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 95 words
Claim 1. An apparatus for including a jackpot com­ponent in a live casino table game comprising: a) a gaming table having a plurality of player loca­tions, b) means associated with each player location for ac­cepting a gaming token to participate in the jackpot component, c) means for indicating on a jackpot meter the amount in the jackpot, d) means for increasing the amount shown on the jack­pot meter a preselected amount for each gaming token wagered, and e) means for decrementing the amount shown on the jackpot meter by the amount won by a player.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 27 words
Claim 2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an indicator signal means associated with each playing location for indicating that a gaming token has been wagered.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
Claim 3. The apparatus of claim 1 further including lockout switch means for preventing late wagering.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
Claim 4. The apparatus of claim 1 further including reset switch means for resetting the apparatus at the end of a hand.

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