In accordance with a method and system for processing a casino jackpot won by a player, information regarding the player is utilized to interrogate one or more casino systems for the existence of any outstanding casino credit, such as outstanding markers, to the player. In the event of outstanding casino credit, all or a portion of the amount of the jackpot may be credited to pay the casino credit balance.

A data collection system and method for progressive values configured and enabled to facilitate the collection and reporting on progressive values associated with EGMs within a plurality of gaming operations. This data collection can be via a hand held device, a device in communication or connected with an EGM and/or overhead surveillance systems. Jackpot validation, such as relative to a notification of an awarded jackpot, may be performed by comparing the progressive values captured at different times to the amount and time of the awarded jackpot.

Various systems and methods enable users to submit bets via a betting matrix comprising a plurality of rows and columns. Each row corresponds to a potential outcome in a first category such as a possible score of a first team, and each column corresponds to a potential outcome in a second category such as a possible score of a second team. A user may enter a bet, e.g., by selecting one or more events and then selecting one or more elements of one or more betting matrices corresponding to the one or more events. The bets may be confirmed substantially when entered, e.g., without regard for any other bet made by any other user.

Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and/or methods that are configured to concurrently utilize presented game components in multiple games or game features within the same or different game. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to enable randomly-presented game components, such as slot game symbols, to be concurrently useable in one or more other games, and/or one or more other game features within the same overall game. Hence, one or more symbols presented in a first game segment are also available in a second game segment, where the game segments may be interrelated or alternatively independent from one another.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a wagering game which is configured to provided one or more bonus hands.

A gaming table system and a method of executing a side bet on a craps gaming table by: providing a craps gaming table with indicia illustrating fourteen possible dice roll outcomes. At least one player position placing value at risk in the form of a physical chip or electronic data entry on a side bet wager; the side bet wager based on at least three different ones of the fourteen possible dice roll outcomes occurring before a seven outcome is rolled, with payout odds on the side bet dependent upon at least one of the following side bet conditions providing payout odds in identified ascending order of odds. Upon each outcome of any one of the fourteen possible dice roll outcomes, a no-value lammer is placed over each the dice roll outcomes. A house resolving the side bet when a side bet conditions is met.

A blockchain system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming devices configured to perform proof of work computations and a processor configured to: collect transaction data from a blockchain; create a block body that includes the transaction data; transmit a message to a set of electronic gaming devices that includes the block body; receive, from a first electronic gaming device, a success message that includes at least a nonce string; create a new block for the blockchain that includes at least the block body and the nonce string; transmit the new block into the blockchain, thereby causing the new block to be added to the blockchain; identify a mining reward on the blockchain based on the adding of the new block, the mining reward being in a first value of cryptocurrency supported by the blockchain; and increment a progressive jackpot by the first value, the progressive jackpot being provided in the cryptocurrency.

A system for and methods of pari-mutuel wagering on previously-run order-of-finish contests (PROOFCs). The system may include electronic gaming machines (EGMs), each of the EGMs may include a display device, a user interface configured to receive input from a user, a communications interface, an EGM controller, an EGM memory device, and EGM control software; a server, connected to the EGMs via a network, the server may include a pari-mutuel wagering application, a server controller, operating memory, and a communications interface; a data store storing PROOFCs content that may include order-of-finish results applicable to the PROOFCs; and wherein stored program instructions may include generating race decks of PROOFCs from one or more sets of PROOFCs buckets, wherein the PROOFCs buckets may include order-of-finish outcomes applicable to the stored PROOFCs; providing at least one of the generated race decks of PROOFCs to each respective player to wager on; receiving wagers on the provided race decks of PROOFCs from the respective players; placing the wagers into pari-mutuel wagering pools formed on the PROOFCs of the provided race decks of PROOFCs; receiving respective winner results for the PROOFCs of the provided race decks of PROOFCs; and determining respective payouts based on the winner results and the pari-mutuel wagers by the respective players based on the balance in the pari-mutuel pools.

An electronic gaming system conducts a reel-based electronic wagering game, in which jackpot upgrade symbols are added to one or more reel strips based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols in the wagering game. In the exemplary embodiment, jackpot upgrade symbols are added to a third reel strip based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols on a first reel strip, and to a fifth reel strip based on the occurrence of one or more reel upgrade symbols on the third reel strip. In addition, jackpot upgrade symbols are added to the first and third reel strips to replace the one or more reel upgrade symbols occurring thereon.

An electronic gaming machine, system, and method are disclosed for conducting a keno game. The keno game may be conducted alone or in conjunction with a bingo game. The electronic gaming machine may receive a wager from a player, and conduct the bingo game and/or keno game in response to the wager. Based on the wager, a quantity of numbered keno balls may be designated as feature numbered keno balls. The electronic gaming machine may conduct the keno game using the feature numbered keno balls, and display a bonus if and/or when one or more feature numbered keno balls match one or more player selected keno numbers.