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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Paul Gauselmann, Espelkamp, DE;
Inventor:
Paul Gauselmann, Espelkamp, DE;
Assignee:
adp Gauselmann GmbH, Lübbecke, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of determining the value of a jackpot award. The method entails operating a main game to obtain an outcome, at least one of the outcomes providing an initial award amount and enabling a secondary game. A player is then allowed to wager the initial award amount in the secondary game. The secondary game then identifies a winning or losing outcome. The winning outcome results in an increase of the initial award amount by some incremental amount. The player may continue to wager all or a portion of the won amount until the player has achieved the full jackpot award.