Patent ID: 9576430
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a gaming system having a plurality of gaming devices connected to a linked jackpot, the method comprising: permitting a plurality of players to play the gaming devices; generating play signals at the gaming devices responsive to play by the players; updating an amount of the linked jackpot based on the received play signals; generating a chance to determine a number that awards the jackpot when the determined number corresponds to a predefined trigger number, the chance being generated responsive to the play signal; storing the chance generated responsive to the play signal when it is determined that a player has chosen to store chances; associating the stored chance with the player whose gaming device generated the play signal; displaying the updated amount of the linked jackpot and the number of associated stored chances for one of the players on a wireless mobile device carried by the one player; activating at least one of the stored chances for the one player responsive to player operation of an actuator on the wireless mobile device carried by the one player; and determining if the number determined by the activated chance corresponds to the predefined trigger number for the linked jackpot.