Patent ID: 9626831
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A system for providing an award to a player, comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device for receiving a wager from a player and responsively displaying a game; and a controller coupled to each of the plurality of gaming devices, the controller configured to: receive a signal indicative of a first wager being received by at least one of the gaming devices; determine a current range of award numbers as a function of at least one previous wager; randomly select a first award number from the current range of award numbers; determine a first subset of numbers within the current range of award numbers as a function of the received first wager; determine if the first award number is within the determined first subset of numbers; responsively provide an award to the player being associated with the at least one gaming device upon determining the first award number is within the determined first subset of numbers; determine a modified range of award numbers upon determining the first award number is not within the determined first subset of numbers, the modified range of award numbers being determined by subtracting an amount of the received first wager from the current range of award numbers, the modified range of award numbers being used with a subsequent game; receive a signal indicative of a second wager being received by one of the gaming devices; randomly select a second award number from the modified range of award numbers; determine a second subset of numbers within the modified range of numbers, the second subset of numbers being determined as a function of the second wager; and provide the award to a player associated with the second wager upon determining the second award number is within the second subset of numbers.