Patent ID: 8113936
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of determining rewards due to a player of an electronic game on a regulated gaming machine, wherein the regulated gaming machine is configured to carry out a plurality of processes for: accepting money from a player and using a first portion of the money to fund a progressive jackpot to be awarded after a predetermined point in time and using a second portion of the money, to purchase a predetermined duration of game play on a primary game; allowing the player to initiate sub-wagers during the predetermined duration and keeping a cumulative score according to outcomes of the initiated sub-wagers; when the predetermined duration is over, determining whether the player's cumulative score entitles the player to a reward and if so, paying the reward to the player; determining whether the player initiated sub-wagers at a rate that is lower than an optimal rate at which the player could have placed sub-wagers during the predetermined duration and, if so, increasing the progressive jackpot, and at or after the predetermined point in time, awarding at least a portion of the progressive jackpot to at least the player if the player's cumulative score was a high score that remains a high score at the predetermined point in time.