Patent ID: 9033789
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling prize funds won by a user in a gaming system, the apparatus comprising: a primary logic module configured to provide a local game, wherein the user is enabled to participate in the local game, a linked jackpot game provided by a linked jackpot controller, and a stake-based game provided by a stake-based game controller; a credit meter configured to store data indicative of an amount of credit available to the user to be played in the local game; a prize message receiver configured to receive a message from each of the primary logic module, the linked jackpot controller, and the stake-based game controller when it is determined that the user has won a prize in each of the local game, the linked jackpot game, and the stake-based game, wherein the prize message receiver is further configured to extract, from the received message, data indicative of the prize won by the user; a won funds meter configured to store data indicative of a value of funds won by the user in playing each of the local game, the linked jackpot game, and the stake-based game; a processor configured to modify the data stored in the won funds meter to effect addition of the prize on by the user to a previously stored value such that the won funds meter represents the funds won by the user rather than funds which have been added to the credit meter; a user input message receiver configured to receive a message indicative of a desire of the user to use at least a portion of the funds won by the user as a stake for the stake-based game the stake-based game being distinct from the local game and the linked jackpot game, and to transfer any remainder of the funds won by the user not used as the stake to the credit meter; and a stake-based game interface configured to communicate with the stake-based game controller to allow the at least the portion of the funds won by the user to be used as the stake in the stake-based game.