Patent ID: 9230402
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A jackpot controller for a system for awarding all or a portion of a progressive jackpot to a gaming machine in response to a triggering event in a system including a plurality of gaming machines for receiving wagers and linked to said controller through a communication link, said controller comprising: a data structure storing data corresponding to a composite progressive jackpot pool amount including a predetermine fixed base component and an incremental component; said controller configured to receive from said gaming machines (1) wager data to determine the incremental increase in the amount of said incremental component based upon said wagers and (2) a message that a triggering event has occurred at a gaming machine and the desired proportion of the composite jackpot pool to award to a player; and said controller further configured to (1) calculate a composite progressive jackpot award for the player based upon said desired proportion and comprising a fixed component funded from said fixed base component and a second component funded from said incremental component, (2) to send a message to the gaming machine experiencing the trigger event indicating the amount of said composite progressive jackpot award.