Wagering Game with Progressive Feature

• US 20100113131A1
• Filed: 08/15/2007
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Aoki, Dion K., Thomas, Alfred
• Application Number:
  US12/377,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20100113131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a wager input device for receiving a wager. The gaming system further comprises a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game. The plurality of symbols includes more than one type of symbol. In response to collecting a predetermined amount of a first type of symbol during the wagering game, a progressive jackpot associated with the first type of symbol is triggered. The progressive jackpot is funded by at least a portion of the wager.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

a wager input device for receiving a wager; and

a display for displaying a plurality of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game, the plurality of symbols including more than one type of symbol;

wherein, in response to collecting a predetermined amount of a first type of symbol during the wagering game, a progressive jackpot associated with the first type of symbol is triggered, the progressive jackpot being funded by at least a portion of the wager.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the randomly selected outcome includes a bonus event, the collecting occurring during the bonus event.

3. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein the randomly bonus event includes one or more free spins, the collecting occurring during the free spins.

4. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the progressive jackpot is further funded by at least a portion of a progressive pool, a contribution to the progressive pool being triggered by a random event or a predetermined event.

5. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of symbols includes a secondary indicia, the secondary indicia being positioned over, underneath, or adjacent to the symbol, the first type of symbol being indicated by the secondary indicia.

6. The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising a second display for indicating the collection of the first type of symbol.

7. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game, the plurality of symbols including a progressive-award symbol;

collecting the progressive-award symbols generated during the randomly selected outcome; and

in response to collecting a predetermined amount of progressive-award symbols, awarding a progressive jackpot associated with the progressive-award symbols.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the randomly selected outcome includes a bonus event, wherein the collecting occurs during the bonus event.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving a wager input and funding the progressive jackpot using a portion of less than all of the wager inputs.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the act of funding the progressive jackpot is in response to a random event or a predetermined outcome.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the progressive jackpot is further funded using an amount stored in a progressive pool.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the progressive-award symbols include more than one type of progressive-award symbol, each type of progressive-award symbol being associated with a different progressive jackpot.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality symbols includes a secondary indicia, the secondary indicia being positioned over, underneath, or adjacent to the symbol.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising indicating an amount of times the progressive-award symbol has been collected.

15. A computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions for directing a gaming system to perform the method of claim 7.

16. A gaming system comprising:

a first gaming machine having a first wager input device for receiving a wager and a first display for displaying a first plurality of symbols that indicates a first randomly selected outcome of a first wagering game; and

a second gaming machine having a second wager input device for receiving a wager and a second display for displaying a second plurality of symbols that indicates a second randomly selected outcome of a second wagering game;

wherein in response to a predetermined amount of a first type of symbol being collected during a bonus event occurring at one of the first gaming machine and the second gaming machine, at least one progressive jackpot is awarded.

17. The gaming system of claim 16, wherein the at least one progressive jackpot is a plurality of progressive jackpots.

18. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of progressive jackpots is associated with a different type of symbol.

19. The gaming system of claim 16, wherein the progressive jackpot is funded by more than one type of contribution.

20. The gaming system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the plurality of symbols includes secondary indicia, the secondary indicia being positioned over underneath, or adjacent to the symbol, the first type of symbol being a secondary indicia.