Patent ID: 8348755
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A multi-site progressive gaming system including one or more gaming machines connected to a server, and wherein the progressive gaming system has a progressive prize value that increases according to a progressive prize growth rate during a progressive game, the progressive gaming system comprising: a selectable multi-site properties value, wherein the selectable multi-site properties value defines a number of properties incorporated into the multi-site progressive gaming system; a selectable targeted progressive prize value, wherein the targeted progressive prize value is selectable by an administrator before the progressive game is initiated; a selectable targeted progressive prize time which is a theoretical average time when the progressive prize is awarded, wherein the targeted progressive prize time is selectable by an administrator before the progressive game is initiated; one or more enticement factors including an erratic movement enticement factor, wherein the erratic movement enticement factor contributes erratic movement to the progressive prize value growth rate that causes the progressive growth rate to erratically increase and decrease in a +/−5% range, and wherein the progressive prize growth rate is determined using the selectable targeted progressive prize value, the selectable targeted progressive prize time, and the one or more enticement factors; and a random number generation algorithm that tests to determine if there is a progressive prize win at each time slice, which is calculated from the selectable targeted progressive prize time, before selecting one or more winners of the progressive prize, and wherein the selectable targeted progressive prize time is used to calculate the time period for testing for a progressive prize win; wherein if a progressive prize win has not been identified, the progressive prize value is incremented by the progressive prize growth rate; and wherein if a progressive prize win has been identified, one or more winners of the progressive prize are determined using the server.