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Gaming system and method for providing a plurality of chances of winning a progressive award with dynamically scalable progressive award odds

  • US 10,325,450 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2016
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system comprising:

  • at least one display device;

    at least one input device;

    a payment acceptor;

    at least one processor; and

    at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

    cause the at least one display device to display a progressive award,responsive to a physical item being received via the payment acceptor, modify a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,receive, via the at least one input device, a placement of one of a plurality of different wager amounts on a play of a primary game, wherein;

    at least one of the wager amounts is associated with an eligibility to win the displayed progressive award and is not associated with any progressive award additional opportunity sequence, at least one of the wager amounts is associated with the eligibility to win the displayed progressive award and a progressive award additional opportunity sequence, and the received wager amount causes a decrease of the credit balance,responsive to the received wager amount being associated with the eligibility to win the displayed progressive award, for the play of the primary game;

    determine one of a plurality of different outcomes,cause the at least one display device to display the determined outcome, wherein at least one of the plurality of different outcomes is associated with the progressive award,determine whether to provide the displayed progressive award, said determination being based on the determined outcome, andresponsive to the determination being not to provide the progressive award and the received wager amount being associated with the progressive award additional opportunity sequence;

    determine whether to trigger the progressive award additional opportunity sequence, andresponsive to the determination being to trigger the progressive award additional opportunity sequence, determine whether to provide the displayed progressive award in association with the progressive award additional opportunity sequence, wherein;



    said determination is based, at least in part, on the received wager amount, 

    a first of the wager amounts associated with the eligibility to win the displayed progressive award and the progressive award additional opportunity sequence is associated with a first probability of providing the displayed progressive award in association with the progressive award additional opportunity sequence, and 

    a second, higher of the wager amounts associated with the eligibility to win the displayed progressive award and the progressive award additional opportunity sequence is associated with a second, higher probability of providing the displayed progressive award in association with the progressive award additional opportunity sequence, andresponsive to a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.

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