Patent ID: 9697688
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of processing a jackpot win in a gaming network having a plurality of gaming machines coupled to a jackpot server having a controller and a communication interface, the method comprising: conducting a jackpot game on the plurality of gaming machines, wherein each of the plurality of gaming machines comprises a processor executing a jackpot game client application that uses a game client application program interface (API) and communicating with a game server; determining if a jackpot has been won in the jackpot game using the jackpot game client application and the game client API of a gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines; receiving, at the controller of the jackpot server, jackpot claim data in response to a determination that a jackpot has been won, wherein the jackpot claim data identifies the gaming machine by at least a network destination; locking a jackpot record corresponding to the jackpot claim data in a jackpot database on the jackpot server; aggregating, using the controller, outstanding jackpot contributions for the locked jackpot record from the plurality of gaming machines to form a prize; and receiving, at the controller, a message and, in response to the message: