Gaming system and a method of gaming

Abstract

Certain embodiments relate to a gaming system and method for playing a game which is able to achieve a jackpot outcome when a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied. The jackpot trigger condition may be changed on instructions from a jackpot controller. In one embodiment, the jackpot trigger condition of an electronic gaming machine is re-set from time to time by a jackpot controller. The system may be used to play games like Keno or Bingo on EGMs, the jackpot controller downloading jackpot trigger conditions for the Keno or Bingo game (e.g. Keno or Bingo numbers).

1 . A gaming system, comprising a game controller arranged to control play of a game and to determine a game outcome, the game controller being arranged to determine that a jackpot outcome is achieved when a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied by the game outcome, the game controller being arranged to receive jackpot trigger condition instructions from a jackpot controller, setting the jackpot trigger condition. 
   
   
       2 . A gaming system in accordance with  claim 1 , the gaming system being arranged such that different jackpot trigger conditions may be set, in accordance with the jackpot condition instructions received, whereby different game outcomes may achieve a jackpot outcome. 
   
   
       3 . A gaming system in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the system is arranged, following a jackpot trigger condition being satisfied, to receive further jackpot trigger condition instructions from the jackpot controller, resetting the jackpot trigger condition. 
   
   
       4 . A system in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the game controller may receive jackpot trigger condition instructions to set a plurality of jackpot trigger conditions, whereby a jackpot outcome may be achieved by a plurality of game outcomes. 
   
   
       5 . A system in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein a plurality of jackpot outcomes are achievable by the plurality of game outcomes. 
   
   
       6 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , further comprising a display arranged to display jackpot trigger condition information for viewing by a player. 
   
   
       7 . A system in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein the jackpot trigger condition information provides details on the game outcome that will achieve a jackpot outcome. 
   
   
       8 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the jackpot is a progressive jackpot. 
   
   
       9 . A system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the game controller comprises a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols from a set of symbols, and an outcome generator arranged to determine the game outcome based on the selected symbols. 
   
   
       10 . A system in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the game controller is arranged to control play of a game where the symbols are numbers or letters and wherein a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied by a game outcome where one or more of the numbers or letters match a set of numbers of letters provided by the jackpot trigger condition instructions. 
   
   
       11 . A system in accordance with  claim 10 , wherein the game is Keno. 
   
   
       12 . A system in accordance with  claim 10 , wherein the game is Bingo. 
   
   
       13 . A gaming arrangement, comprising a plurality of gaming systems in accordance with  claim 1  each being arranged to receive jackpot trigger condition instructions from a common jackpot controller. 
   
   
       14 . A gaming arrangement in accordance with  claim 13 , wherein one or more of the plurality of gaming systems comprises a game controller arranged to play a game different from one or more of the other of the plurality of gaming systems, the game being played for a common jackpot. 
   
   
       15 . A gaming arrangement in accordance with  claim 13  or  claim 14 , each of the plurality of gaming systems being arranged to play a game for a common jackpot outcome. 
   
   
       16 . A networked gaming arrangement in accordance with  claim 13 , further comprising a common display arranged to display jackpot trigger condition information viewable by players of the plurality of gaming systems. 
   
   
       17 . A networked gaming arranged in accordance with  claim 16 , wherein the jackpot trigger condition information provides details on a game outcome that will achieve a jackpot outcome. 
   
   
       18 . A jackpot controller apparatus, comprising a jackpot controller arranged to provide jackpot trigger condition instructions to a gaming system being arranged to play a game and determine a jackpot outcome on the basis that a jackpot trigger condition is satisfied by a game outcome, the jackpot trigger condition instructions setting the jackpot trigger condition. 
   
   
       19 . A jackpot controller apparatus in accordance with  claim 19 , wherein the gaming system comprises a gaming system in accordance with  claim 1  and the jackpot controller is arranged to provide jackpot trigger condition instructions to the plurality of gaming systems. 
   
   
       20 . A networked gaming system, comprising a jackpot controller apparatus in accordance with  claim 19  and a gaming arrangement in accordance with  claim 13 . 
   
   
       21 . A networked gaming system in accordance with  claim 20 , wherein each of the gaming systems comprise stand alone electronic gaming machines e.g. EGMs. 
   
   
       22 . In a gaming system arranged to play a game, a method of gaming, comprising the steps of playing a game outcome having a game outcome, determining whether the game outcome satisfies a jackpot trigger condition to achieve a jackpot outcome, and providing jackpot trigger condition instructions to the gaming system from a jackpot controller, the jackpot trigger condition instructions determining the jackpot trigger condition.