PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT WITH CAPPING MECHANISM

• Main Authors: Grabiec Jacek, Oatman James E, Reichmuth Douglas P, Buchholz Dale R, Oswald Gary J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.10.2016
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; PHYSICS

Capping single or multiple progressive wins subject to a maximum jurisdictional limit. Each progressive level(s) can be configured up to the maximum limit. The sum of all reset values for all levels does not exceed the maximum limit. The progressive award cannot exceed the maximum limit, and is funded first by the reset values of all progressive levels that triggered an award, followed by the increment values from the most rare to the least rare progressive levels up to the maximum limit. Any excess increment value is saved as short-term overflow and possibly long-term overflow. For the next play cycle, each progressive level is raised by its initial reset value plus its short-term overflow for that level, resulting in a higher reset value. Any increment that exceeds the maximum limit is stored as long-term overflow and is available to fund a subsequent play cycle following the next play cycle.