Patent ID: 7959509
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving input for an amount of a player's wager on an occurrence of a multi-player wagering game at an input device of a gaming unit, wherein the multi-player wagering game is a primary game; subtracting the amount of the player's wager on the occurrence of the primary game from the player's available credit at the gaming unit after receiving the input for the player's wager on the primary game, wherein the player's available credit corresponds to an amount of a medium of currency deposited at the gaming unit; comparing the amount of the player's wager on the occurrence of the primary game to a minimum wager amount; subtracting, by a gaming unit controller of the gaming unit, a progressive jackpot wager amount from one of the player's available credit and the credits subtracted from the player's available credit when the player's wager on the primary game is greater than or equal to a minimum wager amount; adding, by the gaming unit controller of the gaming unit, the progressive jackpot wager amount to a progressive jackpot pool for a progressive jackpot when the player's wager on the primary game is greater than or equal to a minimum wager amount; determining an outcome for the player for the occurrence of the primary game; awarding at least a portion of the progressive jackpot pool to the player for a secondary game when the player's outcome for the occurrence of the primary game is a predetermined progressive jackpot winning outcome for the secondary game and the player's wager for the primary game is greater than or equal to the minimum wager amount; and wherein each player has a unique game array of game indicia for the occurrence of the primary game and individual game indicia are sequentially selected from the range of game indicia, wherein one of the players wins the occurrence of the primary game by matching a predetermined game winning pattern of game indicia on the player's unique game array with the sequentially selected game indicia, and wherein the outcome of the occurrence of the primary game is a predetermined progressive jackpot winning outcome when a pattern on the player's unique game array formed by game indicia on the unique game array matching sequentially selected game indicia matches a predetermined progressive jackpot winning pattern.