Patent ID: 6435511
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of a house apportionment of a bonus monetary value paid out by the house during a bonus casino game, entry for the bonus casino game achieved during play of an underlying casino game of chance, the method of house apportionment of the bonus monetary pay out value comprising:wagering X units in the underlying casino game of chance to be eligible for the bonus casino 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; awarding a player a portion of the bonus monetary pay out value for the bonus casino game by apportioning the expected bonus monetary pay out value between the awarded player portion and a remainder of the bonus monetary pay out value, and adding the remainder of the bonus monetary pay out value to at least one progressive account available to reward monetarily the player or subsequent players, the house advantage equal to a function of X, f, R, and B.