Richard Patrick Grabowski

US Patent:

20180025587, Jan 25, 2018

Filed:

Jul 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/658616

Inventors:

- Newington, AU
Richard Grabowski - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

G07F 17/32
G07F 17/34

Abstract:

An electronic gaming system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines including a display, a wager acceptor to receive value, and a controller, and a server in communication with the gaming machines. The server is configured to determine the machines participating in a session of a bingo-type game with a progressive prize; collect a portion of a wager received at each of the machines, wherein the size of the wager may vary; determine a number of virtual bingo cards for each of the machines in accordance with the size of the wager received; issue the virtual bingo cards to each of the machines in accordance with the determination; generate one or more sets of indicia; determine a progressive win event based on the virtual bingo cards and the one or more sets of indicia; and award the progressive prize to the machine associated with the win event.