Patent ID: 9449463
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of gaming in a gaming system having a game controller, a memory, a display, and a gaming machine, the gaming machine comprising a credit input mechanism configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and decreasable, the method comprising: displaying a prior jackpot value of a jackpot on the display of the gaming system, the prior jackpot value corresponding to a value of the jackpot when a previous jackpot trigger event occurred; receiving wagers in accord with having established a credit balance at the gaming machine, the received wagers on one or more games playable at the gaming machine in the gaming system; incrementing in the memory of the gaming system, via the game controller, a current value of the jackpot of the gaming system based on the wagers received at the gaming machine; determining, via the game controller, a jackpot event value of the jackpot responsive to an occurrence of a jackpot event, the jackpot event value being the current value of the jackpot upon the occurrence of the jackpot event, and the jackpot event occurring independent of incrementing the jackpot; upon the player winning the jackpot responsive to the jackpot event, making an award via the game controller to the player of the jackpot event value; and upon the player not winning the jackpot responsive to the jackpot event, setting the jackpot event value as a new prior jackpot value via the game controller and displaying the new prior jackpot value on the display of the gaming system until the next jackpot event, wherein the displaying of the prior jackpot value on the display of the gaming system remains unchanged, irrespective of the incrementing the current value of the jackpot in the memory of the gaming system based on the received wagers, until one of: