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Apparatus for progressive jackpot gaming
Assignee: International Game Technology
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Filing: 1996-08-09
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Granted: 1998-08-18
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Expires: 2016-08-09
Abstract
Abstract A method and 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 or 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 whcih 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
- 👤 Daniel A. Jones
- 👤 James P. Suttle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 00:57
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3286; G07F17/3293; A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06; A63F1/18; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3258; A63F2003/00167; A63F2003/0017; A63F2250/00; A63F2250/14; A63F2250/142
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 50
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
In an apparatus for including a jackpot component as an additional feature in a live casino table card game, a gaming table having a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer and places a first wager to play said live casino table card game; and an acceptor associated with each player location for accepting a second wager by which a player participates in the additional jackpot component of the live casino table card game.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
In an apparatus for including a jackpot component as an additional feature in a live casino table card game, a gaming table having a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer and places a first wager to play said live casino table card game; and an acceptor associated with each player location for accepting a second wager by which a player participates in the additional jackpot component of the live casino table card game.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a jackpot control including a plurality of buttons adapted for manual activation by the dealer, said buttons corresponding to a plurality of predetermined winning arrangements of the playing cards achieved by a player for winning a preselected payoff amount in accordance with a predetermined payoff table.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of live casino card gaming tables electronically interlinked to a common jackpot component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a control system electronically linked to said acceptors for maintaining an accounting of jackpot wagers placed and payoff amounts won.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a counter connected with said acceptors for counting wagers for said jackpot component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sensor operably associated with each acceptor for recognizing wagering of a gaming token.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said live casino table game comprises poker.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said live casino table card game comprises stud poker.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said acceptor comprises a gaming token acceptor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an indicator associated with each playing location for indicating that a player has placed said second wager to participate in said jackpot component.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said indicator comprises a light.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a manually activated lockout switch adapted for manual activation by the dealer for preventing a player from participating in said jackpot component by making a wager after activation of said lockout switch by the dealer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a manually activated reset switch for resetting the apparatus at the end of each hand of the live casino table card game upon activation of said reset switch by the dealer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a jackpot meter operably associated with said acceptors for indicating the amount in the jackpot.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a plurality of live casino card gaming tables electronically interlinked to a common jackpot.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising means for increasing the amount shown on said jackpot meter a preselected amount for each jackpot wager.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising means for decrementing the amount shown on said jackpot meter by the amount won by a player.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said live casino table card game comprises Twenty-One.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said live casino table card game comprises CARIBBEAN STUD® poker.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said live casino table card game comprises draw poker.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
89 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; and an indicator operative to produce a signal to indicate whether a gaming token has been recognized by said coin acceptor for participation in the jackpot component.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
89 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; and an indicator operative to produce a signal to indicate whether a gaming token has been recognized by said coin acceptor for participation in the jackpot component.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
A table according to claim 21 wherein said coin acceptor includes an optical detector operative to sense the presence of a gaming token.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
13 words
A table according to claim 21 wherein said signal comprises a light signal.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
23 words
A table according to claim 23 wherein said light signal remains constant during the entire play of a hand of the card game.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
54 words
A table according to claim 23 wherein said light signal remains on during the play of a hand of the card game if said coin acceptor has recognized a gaming token and remains off during the play of a hand of the card game if said coin acceptor has not recognized a gaming token.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
27 words
A table according to claim 21 further including a meter electronically interconnected to said coin acceptor and operative to count gaming tokens recognized by said coin acceptor.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
35 words
A table according to claim 21 wherein said jackpot is progressive in the sense that any amounts of the jackpot not won during a hand of the card game carry over to the next hand.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
16 words
A table according to claim 21 wherein said jackpot includes preselected, fixed fee jackpot payout amounts.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
35 words
A table according to claim 21 further including a controller electronically interconnected with said coin acceptor and operative to register the occurrence of recognition of the placement of a gaming token by said coin acceptor.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
43 words
A table according to claim 29 further including a manually operable lock out switch operatively connected to deactivate said coin acceptor such that said controller does not register the occurrence of recognition of the placement of a gaming token by said coin acceptor.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
83 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize the placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; and a counter electronically interconnected to said coin acceptor and adapted to count gaming tokens wagered through said coin acceptor.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
83 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize the placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; and a counter electronically interconnected to said coin acceptor and adapted to count gaming tokens wagered through said coin acceptor.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
118 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table to recognize the placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; a controller electronically interconnected with said coin acceptor and operative to register the occurrence of recognition of the placement of a gaming token by said coin acceptor; and a manually operable lock out switch operatively connected to deactivate said coin acceptor such that said controller does not register the occurrence of the placement of a gaming token.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
118 words
A table for playing a live casino card game having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including: a coin acceptor operatively associated with said table to recognize the placement of a gaming token for participation in the jackpot component; a controller electronically interconnected with said coin acceptor and operative to register the occurrence of recognition of the placement of a gaming token by said coin acceptor; and a manually operable lock out switch operatively connected to deactivate said coin acceptor such that said controller does not register the occurrence of the placement of a gaming token.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
17 words
A table according to claim 32 wherein said jackpot includes a preselected, fixed fee jackpot payout amount.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
32 words
A table according to claim 32 further including: a meter electronically interconnected to said coin acceptor and operative to count gaming tokens recognized by said coin acceptor and registered by said controller.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
66 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table comprising at least one electronic coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token as a wager for participation in said jackpot component.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
66 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table comprising at least one electronic coin acceptor operatively associated with said table and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token as a wager for participation in said jackpot component.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
95 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including a plurality of player locations at which players receive cards from a dealer to play the card game; and a plurality of electronic coin acceptors, each of said coin acceptors operatively associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token as a wager for participation in said jackpot component.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
95 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table including a plurality of player locations at which players receive cards from a dealer to play the card game; and a plurality of electronic coin acceptors, each of said coin acceptors operatively associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, and operative to recognize placement of a gaming token as a wager for participation in said jackpot component.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
99 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table comprising a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer and a jackpot control including a plurality of buttons adapted for manual activation by the dealer, said buttons corresponding to a plurality of predetermined winning arrangements of the playing cards achieved by a player for winning a preselected payoff amount in accordance with a predetermined payoff table.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
99 words
In a live casino card gaming table having a jackpot component as an additional feature, wherein the wager to participate in the jackpot component is optional and separate from wagers for the card game, said table comprising a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer and a jackpot control including a plurality of buttons adapted for manual activation by the dealer, said buttons corresponding to a plurality of predetermined winning arrangements of the playing cards achieved by a player for winning a preselected payoff amount in accordance with a predetermined payoff table.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
87 words
In a live casino card game table, said table having a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer to play said live casino table card game; a plurality of sensors, one sensor associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, for sensing placement of a gaming token wagered by a player; and a plurality of light indicators, one indicator associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, for visually indicating that a player has wagered a gaming token.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
87 words
In a live casino card game table, said table having a plurality of player locations at which a player receives playing cards from a dealer to play said live casino table card game; a plurality of sensors, one sensor associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, for sensing placement of a gaming token wagered by a player; and a plurality of light indicators, one indicator associated with a corresponding one of said player locations, for visually indicating that a player has wagered a gaming token.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
21 words
The table according to claim 38, further comprising a counter connected with said sensors for counting tokens wagered by said players.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
76 words
In a live casino card game table, said card game including a jackpot component as an additional feature and having a jackpot wager separate from the wagers for said card game: a sensor for sensing the placement of a gaming token by which a player makes a wager to participate in said additional jackpot component; and a light indicator for visually indicating that a player has wagered a gaming token to participate in said jackpot component.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
76 words
In a live casino card game table, said card game including a jackpot component as an additional feature and having a jackpot wager separate from the wagers for said card game: a sensor for sensing the placement of a gaming token by which a player makes a wager to participate in said additional jackpot component; and a light indicator for visually indicating that a player has wagered a gaming token to participate in said jackpot component.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
28 words
The table according to claim 40 further comprising a counter connected with said sensor for counting the tokens wagered by said player to participate in said jackpot component.
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