Patent ID: 9626834
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of conducting a mystery jackpot on a network of connected gaming devices, comprising: providing game play credits to a player of the gaming device in response to receipt of value from a player via at least one of a currency acceptor, a ticket acceptor, an electronic account, and a coin acceptor; generating a graphical indication on a display on a screen at each of the connected gaming devices that indicates a movement of an icon between a start position and an end position, the mystery jackpot being awarded at least when the icon reaches the end position: animating the icon each time a wager is made at one of the gaming devices: moving the icon toward the end position as wagers are made at the gaming devices; accepting a wager from the game play credits at one of the gaming devices jn response to a player actuated input at the gaming device; initiating a game on the one gaming device in response to a player actuated input at the one gaming device; animating the icon in a first manner on each screen when a game is initiated that indicates the game outcome is a winning outcome and animating the icon in a second manner when a game is initiated that indicates the game outcome is a losing outcome, display of the first manner being substantially longer than for the second manner, wherein the first and second manners of animation are displayed before the outcome of the game on the one gaming device; and animating the icon in a third manner on each screen when one of the gaming devices triggers the mystery jackpot award; displaying the outcome of a winning game on the one gaming device for a substantially longer time than displaying the outcome of a losing game; and printing a ticket on a ticket printer associated with the gaming device that reflects the balance of the game play credits responsive to activation of an actuator associated with the gaming device.