Patent ID: 9501900
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A networked wagering system, comprising: at least one linked jackpot available to be awarded for play of the networked wagering system; a finite pool system including a finite pool system processor that determines game outcomes from a set of finite pool game outcomes including one or more winning outcomes and one or more losing outcomes, wherein at least one of the winning outcomes has an associated active linked game play element that results in an opportunity to win one of the linked jackpots; a plurality of finite pool electronic gaming machines (“EGMs”) connected to the finite pool processor, wherein each finite pool EGM receives game outcomes including game outcomes with the associated active linked game play element that results in an opportunity to win one of the linked jackpots; a plurality of random number generator (“RNG”) EGMs operating independently of the finite pool system, wherein each RNG EGM is configured with an independent random number generator (“RNG”) that generates random numbers corresponding to a set of game outcomes including one or more winning outcomes and one or more losing outcomes, and further wherein at least one of the winning outcomes results in the award of one of the at least one linked jackpots; a jackpot selector in communication with the finite pool system processor and the plurality of finite pool EGMs, and configured to determine a random jackpot value awarded upon the finite pool system processor providing the active linked game play element to a finite pool EGM wherein the random jackpot value awarded is selected from a group of awards including the at least one linked jackpot, and further wherein the jackpot selector is set to predefine the probability of winning the at least one linked jackpot to be statistically equivalent to the probability of the at least one linked jackpot being awarded to an RNG EGM among the plurality of RNG EGMs; and a linked jackpot controller interface configured to output the random jackpot value awarded to a particular finite pool EGM.