Gaming system and method of gaming
View Patent ↗A method of gaming comprises initiating a jackpot event responsive to receiving an event trigger; determining whether to award a prize to a player in the jackpot event, the probability of awarding the prize in the jackpot event being dependent on a value of a jackpot evaluation parameter accumulated over a plurality of games; and awarding the prize in response to making a positive determination.
1. A method of gaming, comprising:
initiating, using a processor, a jackpot event responsive to receiving an event trigger;
determining, using a processor, whether to award a prize to a player in the jackpot event, the probability of awarding the prize in the jackpot event being dependent on a value of a jackpot evaluation parameter accumulated over a plurality of games, the probability of awarding the prize being one of a plurality of different probabilities depending on a temporal related parameter; and
awarding the prize in response to making a positive determination.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the jackpot evaluation parameter is associated with credits wagered/bet in each of the plurality of games.
3. A method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the probability is proportional to the value of credits bet/wagered.
4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the accumulated value of the jackpot evaluation parameter is associated with a value or number of special symbols detected in each of the plurality of games.
5. A method in accordance with claim 4 , wherein different special symbols have different associated values.
6. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the event trigger is instructed by the player.
7. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the value of the jackpot evaluation parameter is determined when the jackpot event is initiated.
8. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising displaying a jackpot indicator which provides an indication of the value of the jackpot evaluation parameter to the player.
9. A method in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the probability of being awarded the prize is displayed in association with the jackpot indicator.
10. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the prize comprises at least one of a primary and secondary prize and wherein there is a random probability for determining which of the at least one primary and secondary prize is awarded.
11. A jackpot controller comprising a:
jackpot event module arranged to initiate a jackpot event responsive to detecting an event trigger;
determination module arranged to determine whether to award a prize to a player in the jackpot event, the probability of awarding the prize being dependent on a value of a jackpot evaluation parameter accumulated over a plurality of games, the probability of awarding the prize being one of a plurality of different probabilities depending on a temporal related parameter; and
award module arranged to award the prize in response to a positive determination being made by the determination module.
12. A jackpot controller in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the jackpot evaluation parameter is associated with credits bet/wagered in each of the plurality of games.
13. A jackpot controller in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the probability is proportional to the value of accumulated credits bet/wagered.
14. A jackpot controller in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the jackpot evaluation parameter is associated with a value or number of special symbols detected in each of the plurality of games.
15. A jackpot controller in accordance with claim 14 , wherein different special symbols have different associated values.
16. A jackpot controller in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the event trigger is instructed by the player.
17. A jackpot controller system or jackpot controller in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the prize comprises at least one of a primary and secondary prize and wherein there is a random probability for determining which of the at least one primary and secondary prize is awarded.
18. A gaming system comprising:
a jackpot controller in accordance with claim 11 ; and
display module operable to display the determined prize.
19. A gaming system in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the display module is additionally arranged to display the jackpot indicator providing an indication of the accumulated value of the jackpot evaluation parameter.
20. A gaming system in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the gaming system is implemented on a stand alone gaming device.
21. A tangible computer readable storage medium including computer program code and processor logic to execute the computer program code, the computer program code, when executed by the processor logic, implements a method of gaming, the method comprising:
initiating a jackpot event responsive to receiving an event trigger;
determining whether to award a prize to a player in the jackpot event, the probability of awarding the prize in the jackpot event being dependent on a value of a jackpot evaluation parameter accumulated over a plurality of games, the probability of awarding the prize being one of a plurality of different probabilities depending on a temporal related parameter; and
awarding the prize in response to making a positive determination.