Patent ID: 9418514
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling contributions to one or more progressive prize pools used for one or more wagering games, the method including: (a) receiving a play input for a wagering game through a player input system of a gaming machine, the play input being associated with a wager for the wagering game; (b) under control of one or more data processing devices associated with the gaming machine, causing a result display system of the gaming machine to display a representation of a result for the play input; (c) under control of the one or more data processing devices associated with the gaming machine, and separately from a process of obtaining the result for the play input, randomly determining whether a progressive pool growth event is triggered for the play input; (d) where the progressive pool growth event is triggered for the play input, applying a respective contribution amount to increase at least one of the one or more progressive prize pools; (e) under control of the one or more data processing devices associated with the gaming machine, awarding any prize associated with the result for the play input; and (f) under control of the one or more data processing devices associated with the gaming machine, awarding a progressive prize from at least one of the one or more progressive pools responsive to the occurrence of a progressive prize triggering event.