Determining the value of a jeckpot a ward in a gaming machine
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1. A method to determine the value of a jackpot award comprising:
- a. operating a main game to obtain one of a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes causing to be displayed an initial award amount;
b. displaying a jackpot amount;
c. allowing a player to wager all or a portion of the initial award amount for playing a secondary game;
d. identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the initial award amount by an incremental amount to obtain an intermediate amount;
e. allowing the player to wager all or a portion of the intermediate amount; and
f. identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the intermediate amount by an incremental amount.
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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.
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23 Claims
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1. A method to determine the value of a jackpot award comprising:
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a. operating a main game to obtain one of a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes causing to be displayed an initial award amount;
b. displaying a jackpot amount;
c. allowing a player to wager all or a portion of the initial award amount for playing a secondary game;
d. identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the initial award amount by an incremental amount to obtain an intermediate amount;
e. allowing the player to wager all or a portion of the intermediate amount; and
f. identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the intermediate amount by an incremental amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A gaming device comprising:
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a control unit with a microprocessor for operating a main game to obtain one of a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes causing to be displayed an initial award amount for a secondary game; and
a display device for displaying the secondary game, the secondary game comprising;
displaying a jackpot amount;
allowing a player to wager all or a portion of the initial award amount for playing the secondary game;
identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the initial award amount by an incremental amount to obtain an intermediate amount;
allowing the player to wager all or a portion of the intermediate amount; and
identifying a winning or losing outcome in the secondary game, the winning outcome resulting in an increase of the intermediate amount by an incremental amount. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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