Player-selected variable jackpot gaming method and device
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Dec 22, 1998
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Sep 17, 1996
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Sep 17, 1996
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An electronic gaming method and device in which the player is able to choose from among a variety of jackpots and associated pay-out schedules varying from low to high jackpot amounts. Best suited to video poker machines, the invention permits the player to choose between higher Royal Flush jackpots tied to lower pay-outs for lower-ranked hands, and lower Royal Flush jackpots tied to higher pay-outs for more frequently achieved lower-ranked hands. In this way, a quarter ($0.25) video poker machine may have a jackpot for a 'Royal Flush' ranging up to $25,000 (on the basis of a $1.25 bet) without the need to accumulate funds in a 'progressive' jackpot or to interconnect groups of machines. Special jackpots can also be awarded for 'Sequential,' 'Pat' or 'Pat Sequential' Royal Flushes allowing jackpots up to $1,000,000 on quarter ($0.25) video poker machines without the need for the player to choose between machines and/or locations to locate desired jackpot amounts.
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