Patent ID: 7255645
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A progressive jackpot system comprising: a casino master controller for operating the progressive jackpot system, the casino master controller tallying at least one current progressive jackpot amount in said operation; a plurality of casino electronic gaming machines coupled to said casino master controller, said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines contributing a percentage of coin-ins for said tally by said casino master controller for said at least one current progressive jackpot amount, a universal gaming module in each of said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines, the universal game module connected to the casino master controller for receiving said at least one current progressive jackpot amount, said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines having different play characteristics with different win cycles; a transmitter in each of said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines for sending output responsive to input of the at least one current progressive jackpot amount, coin-ins, and win cycle, the transmitter coupled to the universal game module to send said output to the casino master controller of a progressive jackpot win paid by each said casino electronic gaming machine of the at least one current progressive jackpot amount; and said casino master controller determining a weighting factor for each of said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines based on said different win cycles, a casino electronic gaming machine with the longest win cycle having the highest weighting factor and a casino electronic gaming machine with the shortest win cycle having the lowest weighting factor; said casino master controller randomly selecting, based on said weighting factors, a percentage of said plurality of casino electronic gaming machines to be eligible in a period of time to win said at least one current progressive jackpot amount, casino electronic gaming machines having a greater weight factor randomly selected more often to play in said period of time.