Patent ID: 8641533

Claim:
A system for a progressive jackpot game associated with a casino game, wherein the progressive jackpot game is a side-bet for the casino game, the system comprising one or more play tables, each play table comprising a dealer console and a plurality of player input devices connected to the dealer console, each of the player input devices being arranged to receive a respective player input, wherein the dealer console is operated by the dealer for controlling the progressive jackpot game and is configured for: receiving input concerning at least two of a plurality of phases of the progressive jackpot game, wherein the plurality of phases of the progressive jackpot game comprise: a pre-start phase corresponding to a state of the system in which the system permits a player to add credits to or activate a cashless account having credits associated therewith corresponding to the player, wherein the pre-start phase is initiated by the dealer using the dealer console; a betting allowed phase corresponding to a state of the system in which the system permits the player to select the amount of credits to bet, wherein a visual indication of the betting allowed phase is different than a visual indication of the pre-start phase; and a betting not allowed phase corresponding to a state of the system in which the system prohibits the player from adding credits to or activating the cashless account until the pre-start phases begins for subsequent rounds of the progressive jackpot game, wherein a visual indication of the betting not allowed phase is different than the visual indication of the betting allowed phase and the pre-start phase, and wherein the betting not allowed phase is initiated and ended by the dealer using the dealer console; controlling a visual indicator provided on each of the plurality of player input devices to indicate to each player the current phase of the progressive jackpot game, allowing the input of a player for participating in the progressive jackpot game only in a specific subset of the plurality of progressive jackpot game phases, such that the system prevents the player from activating the input device associated with the player during the betting not allowed phase, administrating the corresponding cashless accounts for each player for each of the plurality of player input devices, and amending the cashless account according to the received respective player inputs, wherein amendment of the cashless account includes receiving a manual input by the dealer corresponding to the amount of money or tokens received by the dealer from the player.