PROGRESSIVE GAMING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD PROVIDING A PRIMARY GAME IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE GAME

• US 20100216537A1
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Everi Games Inc. (Everi Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Multimedia Games Incorporated
• Inventors: Malle, Nimai, O'Connor, Brendan, Enzminger, Joseph R., Lind, Clifton
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed that include generating a set of primary game outcomes with each primary game outcome being associated with a result in a primary game. A set of progressive prize bearing outcomes are associated with the set of first game outcomes according to a progressive win frequency rule. Each progressive prize bearing record is associated with a progressive win indicator and a progressive prize. A primary game outcome is determined in response to a game play request by a player. If the primary game outcome is associated with a winning result, the player is provided a corresponding award; independent of the primary game result, if the primary game outcome is associated with one of the progressive prize bearing records, the player is awarded a corresponding progressive prize.

Claims

9-1. The method of claim 1 wherein the primary game comprises a reel-based wagering game.