Patent ID: 8939841
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A wagering game system, comprising: a plurality of wagering game terminals, each wagering game terminal conducting a wagering game in which an outcome is randomly selected from a plurality of outcomes, each wagering game terminal including a display that displays the outcome; and a network to which said wagering game terminals are connected, said network initiating a special-event game on eligible ones of said wagering game terminals upon occurrence of a special-event outcome; wherein said special-event game allows a player at one of said eligible wagering game terminals to take turns playing with at least one other player at another eligible wagering game terminal to win, during each turn, a portion of a same jackpot, said player competing against said at least one other player for portions of said same jackpot, said portions of said same jackpot being awarded during said corresponding turns, said jackpot decreasing as said portions are awarded during said corresponding turn, and wherein said display at each eligible wagering game terminal displays a jackpot-remaining indicator that shows said jackpot as said jackpot decreases.