Patent ID: 9646456
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method for providing a jackpot on a gaming system including at least one gaming device and a jackpot server in data communication with each at least one gaming device, the jackpot controlled by a jackpot server-implemented jackpot controller including a processor, said method comprising: for a plurality of plays of a wagering game occurring prior to a commencement of the gaming system: based upon the average accumulated turnover and the contribution rate of the amount of credit wagered, determining, by the jackpot controller, an average increment amount for the jackpot, wherein the average increment amount represents an average amount by which the jackpot prize value is incremented before the jackpot prize is awarded; upon the commencement of the gaming system, setting, by the jackpot controller, a startup jackpot prize value, the start-up jackpot prize value being the sum of a base amount and the average increment amount, such that the start-up jackpot prize value is no less than the average jackpot return; incrementing the progressive jackpot prize value by the jackpot controller by the contributed amount of credit wagered from at least one participating gaming device until a jackpot trigger is detected; and in response to the jackpot controller detecting the jackpot trigger, awarding the jackpot prize and re-setting the jackpot prize value to at most the base amount.