Patent ID: 6390473
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of a house apportionment of a bonus monetary value to be paid out by the house during a bonus casino game, entry for which is achieved during play of an underlying casino game of chance, the method of house apportionment of the bonus monetary pay out value including the steps comprising:a) wagering X units to be eligible for the casino bonus game with a frequency f and with the expected return R units for a game without the bonus, and with bonus participation, on average, garnering the expected bonus monetary pay out value of B units; b) awarding the player a portion of the bonus monetary pay out value for the bonus game by the step of: apportioning the bonus monetary pay out value between the awarded player portion and a remainder of the bonus monetary pay out value, and c) adding the remainder of the bonus monetary value to at least one escrow account available to reward monetarily the player or subsequent players, the house advantage equal to a function of X, f, R, and B.