SLOT MACHINE HAVING MULTIPLE PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS
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1. A gaming method for a gaming system comprising one or more gaming machines, the gaming method comprising:
- providing a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot for the one or more gaming machines, the first progressive jackpot being funded by a first percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines and the second progressive jackpot being funded by a second percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines;
receiving a respective wager through one of the one or more gaming machines in the gaming system;
after receiving the respective wager, displaying a number of game display elements conveying a gaming result for the wager, the number of game display elements having a plurality of possible states corresponding to different possible available outcomes of the gaming result;
paying the first progressive jackpot if the gaming result is a winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is at least a first wager amount;
paying the first progressive jackpot and the second progressive jackpot if the gaming result is the winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is at least a second wager amount, the second wager amount being larger than the first wager amount; and
making a monetary payout if the gaming result is a winning result which is not the winning progressive jackpot result.
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Abstract
A progressive jackpot slot machine, or group of slot machines, is described herein. A plurality of progressive jackpots are accumulated as the slot machine is played. In the preferred embodiment, a first progressive jackpot is accumulated at a first rate, and a second progressive jackpot is accumulated at a rate higher than the first rate. Additional jackpots accumulate at higher rates. The betting of additional monetary amounts enables the player to win additional jackpots. This provides added incentive for the player to bet additional monetary amounts.
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21 Claims
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1. A gaming method for a gaming system comprising one or more gaming machines, the gaming method comprising:
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providing a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot for the one or more gaming machines, the first progressive jackpot being funded by a first percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines and the second progressive jackpot being funded by a second percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines; receiving a respective wager through one of the one or more gaming machines in the gaming system; after receiving the respective wager, displaying a number of game display elements conveying a gaming result for the wager, the number of game display elements having a plurality of possible states corresponding to different possible available outcomes of the gaming result; paying the first progressive jackpot if the gaming result is a winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is at least a first wager amount; paying the first progressive jackpot and the second progressive jackpot if the gaming result is the winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is at least a second wager amount, the second wager amount being larger than the first wager amount; and making a monetary payout if the gaming result is a winning result which is not the winning progressive jackpot result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A gaming method for a gaming system comprising one or more gaming machines, the gaming method comprising:
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providing a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot for the one or more gaming machines, the first progressive jackpot being funded by a first percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines and the second progressive jackpot being funded by a second percentage of each wager placed through the one or more gaming machines; receiving a wager through one of the one or more gaming machines in the gaming system; after receiving the wager, displaying a gaming result to a player; paying the first progressive jackpot if the gaming result is a winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is of an amount qualifying for the first progressive jackpot; paying the second progressive jackpot if the gaining result is the winning progressive jackpot result and if the respective wager is of an amount qualifying for the second progressive jackpot; making a monetary payout if the gaming result is a winning result which is not the winning progressive jackpot result; increasing the first progressive jackpot in response to receiving the respective wager; and increasing the second progressive jackpot in response to receiving the respective wager, wherein the increase in the second progressive jackpot is larger than the increase in the first progressive jackpot. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming method for a gaming system comprising one or more gaming machines, the gaming method comprising:
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providing a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot for a gaming system, the first progressive jackpot being funded by a first percentage of each wager placed through the gaming system and the second progressive jackpot being funded by a second percentage of each wager placed through the gaming system; receiving a respective wager in the gaming system; after receiving the wager, displaying a gaming result to a player; paying the first progressive jackpot in response to the gaming result and the wager qualifying for the first progressive jackpot prize; paying the second progressive jackpot in response to the gaming result and the wager qualifying for the second progressive jackpot prize; awarding a non-jackpot prize if the gaming result is a winning result but the gaming result and wager do not qualify for any jackpot prize; wherein the gaming system comprises a plurality of linked gaming machines configured to participate in both the first and second progressive jackpots, and the first and the second progressive jackpots are common to all linked gaming machines so configured, and wherein the first and the second progressive jackpots are increased in response to a wager received by any unique linked gaming machine so configured. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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