Patent ID: 9437082
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of conducting a game, said method comprising: establishing a first credit balance associated with a first monetary value at a first gaming machine and a second credit balance associated with a second monetary value at a second gaming machine using at least one of a coin input chute, a bill collector, and a card reader associated with each of the first and second gaming machines; receiving a first wager at the first gaming machine and a second wager at the second gaming machine for a base game, the first wager decreasing the first credit balance and the second wager decreasing the second credit balance; allocating, by a processor, for play of the base game, a first base hand to a first player and a second base hand to a second player, wherein the first and second base hands include respective non-overlapping pluralities of symbols selected from a set of symbols; allocating, by the processor, for play of a jackpot game, a first jackpot hand to the first player and a second jackpot hand to the second player, wherein the first and second jackpot hands include respective pluralities of symbols selected from the set of symbols; awarding, using the processor, a jackpot prize in the jackpot game in response to the first base hand matching the first jackpot hand, the jackpot prize awarded irrespective of an outcome of the base game, wherein when the second base hand also matches the second jackpot hand, respective pluralities of additional symbols are randomly selected for the first and second players, and the jackpot prize is awarded to the first player when the first player has the plurality of additional symbols with the highest rank according to at least one predefined criterion; and increasing, at the first gaming machine, the first credit balance according to the jackpot prize.