Patent ID: 11928932
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for providing a plurality of game rounds in a gaming system including a server, operable to be coupled to a plurality of devices via a network, the server having a processor and a memory storing a) a pay table specifying a plurality of numbers of winning symbols required to win a plurality of jackpots, respectively, the plurality of numbers of winning symbols including a first number of winning symbols required to win a first jackpot of the plurality of jackpots, representing a first odd to win the first jackpot, and b) instructions, which, when executed, cause the processor to initiate a game, the method comprising:
communicating if a first device of the plurality of devices has been coupled to the server over the network;
communicating with the first device, when coupled to the network, the plurality of game rounds to be awarded determined based on one or more random events generated via a random number generator, and the plurality of numbers of winning symbols required to win the plurality of jackpots, respectively;
communicating with the first device to progressively animate, for each of the plurality of game rounds, a) a character overlaying a subset of the first number of winning symbols based on the random events generated, and b) the character removing the subset of the first number of winning symbols to reduce the first number of winning symbols required to win the first jackpot of the plurality of jackpots, thus increasing the first odd to win the first jackpot;
communicating with the first device to animate a plurality of game symbols selected based on the random events generated; and
communicating with the first device to animate the first jackpot in response the plurality of game symbols selected include the subset of the first number of winning symbols.