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(11) EP 0 338 644 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/43

(21) Application number: 89200990.3

(22) Date of filing: 18.04.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A63F 1/18
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE ES IT

(30) Priority: 18.04.1988 US 182374
05.07.1988 US 214934

(71) Applicant: D&D Gaming Patents, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale Florida (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Suttle,James Patrick
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (US)
  • Jones,Daniel Aloysius
    Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 (US)

(74) Representative: de Vries, Johannes Hendrik Fokke et al
Octrooibureau Los en Stigter B.V. P.O. Box 20052
1000 HB Amsterdam
1000 HB Amsterdam (NL)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Apparatus for progressive jackpot gaming


    (57) Apparatus for including a progressive jackpot component in a live casino table game. In addition to playing a live casino table game, each player makes an additional wager at the beginning of each hand that makes that player eligible to win all of part of a jackpot. If during the play of the hand a player is dealt a predetermined arrangement of cards, the player wins a preselected percentage of the jackpot amount. The jackpot is progressive in that unwon amounts of the jackpot carry over to the next hand. Apparatus is provided to receive each gaming token wagered for the jackpot component, to increment the jackpot meter which displays the jackpot amount, to decrement the jackpot meter whenever a winning hand is paid and to reset the apparatus for the next hand.







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