Patent ID: 7857697

Claim:
A jackpot wagering system, comprising: a plurality of player terminals, wherein each player terminal is operable by a respective player to select any of a plurality of different games of chance for play and to place a wager on the selected game of chance, each game of chance having a corresponding jackpot cycle and a corresponding maximum wager; an accumulation facility configured to accumulate in an accumulation account a portion of each wager made on any of the plurality of different games of chance using any of the plurality of player terminals; a plurality of random event generators corresponding to the plurality of different games of chance, each random event generator being activatable to randomly select an outcome of the corresponding game of chance from a set of possible outcomes that include a favourable outcome, the occurrence of which causes a player who placed a wager on the corresponding game to win a determinable portion of the contents of the accumulation account; and a determination facility, wherein the determination facility is configured to determine, in response to placement of a player's wager on the player's selected game of chance and prior to activation of the corresponding random event generator, the determinable portion of the contents of the accumulation account as a function of: a) a size of the player's wager relative to the maximum wager of the player's selected game of chance; b) a playing currency of the player's wager, wherein the player's wager is denominated in one of a number of different permissible playing currencies; and c) the jackpot cycle of the player's selected game of chance.