Patent ID: 8771060
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computing system for providing one or more progressive games for a gaming environment that includes one or more gaming machines operable for playing one or more games, wherein said computing system comprises one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more processors and the one or more memories operably connected, and wherein the computing system is configured to: identify progressive configuration data for at least one progressive game for said gaming environment, the progressive configuration data comprising requirements for participation in said at least one progressive game, wherein the progressive configuration data is in an XSLT format; receive initial gaming data associated with said one or more gaming machines from said one or more gaming machines, wherein said initial gaming data includes gaming capabilities and gaming parameters of said gaming machines including at information indicating an outcome probability for a game offered on said one or more gaming machines, and wherein the initial gaming data is in an XML format; determine whether said one or more gaming machines is to participate in said at least one progressive game based on whether the received outcome probability included in the initial gaming data meets the requirements of said progressive configuration data; and allow said one or more gaming machines to participate in said at least one progressive game if it is determined that the received outcome probability included in the initial gaming data meets the requirements of said progressive configuration data.