Wagering games with pooling of awards

Details Wagering games with pooling of awards Wagering games with pooling of awards

2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Lewis, David L (Department: 3714)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation

C463S026000, C463S027000, C463S028000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07927209

ABSTRACT:
Method and system are disclosed for operating wagering game terminals where each terminal contributes an award to an award pool. A bank controller aggregates the awards, reapportions, and randomly assigns them back to the wagering game terminals. The reapportioned award assigned to a given wagering game terminal may be less than, the same as, or greater than the award contributed by that terminal. At regular or irregular intervals, the bank controller may shuffle the reapportioned awards and reassign them. As a result, the volatility of the wagering game terminals increases significantly while the payout percentage of each wagering game terminal remains the same over time. Alternatively, instead of randomly reassigning the reapportioned awards, the players may be allowed to pick the reapportioned awards. The reapportioning may also occur randomly and the assigning on an as-needed basis.

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