Patent ID: 7070505

Claim:
A method for playing a game of choice, said method comprising: displaying at least one community event randomly occurring during play of the game of chance to players playing said game of chance, the at least one community event being common to all said players, said at least one community event having at least one winning community event outcome; placing wagers by a plurality of said players to play for a community event jackpot payout, the amount of at least one of said placed wagers differing from the amount of at least one other of said placed wagers; rewarding the aforesaid plurality of wagering players with the community event jackpot payout from a prize pool only when said at least one winning community event outcome randomly occurs during said play of said game of chance, a community event jackpot payout amount for each said wagering player being determined as a function of the amount of each said wagering player's placed wager, at least one said wagering player's community event jackpot payout amount differing from at least one other said wagering player's community event jackpot amount based on said differing wager amounts; increasing the prize pool based on the wagers placed during said play of said game of chance.