Patent ID: 8231461
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A jackpot system comprising at least two jackpot controllers including a first jackpot controller arranged to act at least as a master jackpot controller and a second jackpot controller arranged to act as either a master or a slave jackpot controller, the first jackpot controller arranged to act as the master jackpot controller by conducting at least one jackpot during which the master jackpot controller aggregates jackpot data and at least periodically communicates the aggregated data to at least the second jackpot controller, and the second jackpot controller arranged to act initially as the slave jackpot controller and communicate jackpot data to the first jackpot controller for aggregation, the second jackpot controller arranged to store the aggregated data received from the first jackpot controller and to act as the master controller if the master jackpot controller fails by continuing to conduct the at least one jackpot based on the stored aggregated data and by aggregating further jackpot data; and wherein the jackpot system comprises at least one other jackpot controller arranged to act at least as a slave jackpot controller; and wherein each other jackpot controller is capable of acting either as a master or a slave jackpot controller and is arranged to receive and store aggregated data and to conduct the at least one jackpot based on the stored aggregated data in a reconfigured jackpot system if necessary; and wherein each of the jackpot controllers stores a ranking table which specifies the order in which jackpot controllers become the master jackpot controller if there are one or more failures and the jackpot system is reconfigured based on the ranking table.