WAGERING GAME TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR USE WITH MULTI-LEVEL PROGRESSIVE GAME
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a wagering game allowing an opportunity to achieve a first progressive award and a second progressive award, the method comprising:
- receiving a primary wager from a player for playing the wagering game;
initiating the wagering game;
displaying a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game via a plurality of symbols selected from a set of symbols including a predetermined symbol;
in response to the randomly selected outcome including a first number of the predetermined symbols, triggering an event in which the first progressive award can be achieved; and
in response to the randomly selected outcome including a second number of the predetermined symbols, triggering an event in which the second progressive award can be achieved.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of conducting a wagering game is provided. The method allows an opportunity to achieve a first progressive award and a second progressive award. The method comprises the acts of receiving a primary wager from a player for playing the wagering game and initiating the wagering game. The method further includes the act of displaying a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game via a plurality of symbols. The plurality of symbols are selected from a set of symbols including a predetermined symbol. In response to the randomly selected outcome including a first number of the predetermined symbols, the method includes the act of triggering an event in which the first progressive award can be achieved. In response to the randomly selected outcome including a second number of the predetermined symbols, the method includes the act of triggering an event in which the second progressive award can be achieved.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a wagering game allowing an opportunity to achieve a first progressive award and a second progressive award, the method comprising:
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receiving a primary wager from a player for playing the wagering game; initiating the wagering game; displaying a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game via a plurality of symbols selected from a set of symbols including a predetermined symbol; in response to the randomly selected outcome including a first number of the predetermined symbols, triggering an event in which the first progressive award can be achieved; and in response to the randomly selected outcome including a second number of the predetermined symbols, triggering an event in which the second progressive award can be achieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of conducting a wagering game associated with a plurality of progressive award levels, comprising:
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receiving a primary wager; initiating a basic game of the wagering game; displaying a plurality of symbols arranged in an array, the plurality of symbols being selected from a set of symbols including at least one predetermined symbol; and initiating a bonus game if at least a threshold number of the predetermined symbol is displayed, the bonus game providing an opportunity to achieve a level of the plurality of progressive award levels based on the number of displayed predetermined symbols in the basic game. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A gaming system for playing a wagering game allowing an opportunity to achieve a plurality of progressive award levels comprising:
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a wager input device for receiving a primary wager to play a game of the wagering game; and a display for displaying a randomly selected outcome of the game, the randomly selected outcome being indicated by a plurality of symbols arranged in an array, the plurality of symbols being selected from a set of symbols, at least one of the symbols in the set being a predetermined symbol, wherein the opportunity to achieve a level of the plurality of progressive award levels is based on a number of the predetermined symbols being displayed in the randomly selected outcome, the progressive award level corresponding to the determined number of the predetermined symbol. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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