Patent ID: 9406198
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method for facilitating an award of one of a plurality of prizes on a gaming device, the gaming device including a controller, a memory, a credit input device including at least one of a coin input, a bill acceptor, a card reader, and a ticket reader for establishing a credit balance, and a random number generator for generating a random number used in determining a game outcome, the method comprising: receiving, by the controller, a wager input by a player via the credit input device to initiate a game, the wager based on the established credit balance; generating, by the controller, the outcome for the game based on game rules stored in the memory and the random number generated by the random number generator; determining, by the controller, a turnover value for the gaming device over a predetermined period of time; monitoring, by the controller, for a triggering of a feature game on the gaming device that occurs when the game outcome meets feature game eligibility criteria stored in the memory, wherein an outcome of the feature game determines an eligibility of one of the plurality of prizes to be awarded; calculating, by the controller, a respective probability value for each of the plurality of prizes based on the turnover value; determining, by the controller, whether one of the plurality of prizes is to be awarded based on the respective probability value and the outcome of the feature game; awarding, by the controller, the selected jackpot; and increasing, by the controller, the probability value of awarding a prize having the largest value of the plurality of prizes in proportion to the turnover value for the at least one gaming device increasing.