Wagering game with progressive award indicator having an incrementing feature
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1. A gaming system comprising:
- a wager input device for receiving a wager;
a first display for displaying an array of symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome; and
a second display for displaying an amount of at least one progressive award, the second display having at least one display window for showing a unit value of the at least one progressive award, wherein at least a first incrementing marker moves about a periphery of the display window along a first predefined path in response to changes in fractions of the unit value of the at least one progressive award.
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Abstract
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes a wager input device, a first display, and a second display. The wager input device receives a wager. The first display displays an array of symbols that indicates a randomly selected outcome. The second display displays an amount of at least one progressive award in at least one display window. The progressive award has an integer value. At least a first incrementing marker moves about the display window in response to changes in value of the progressive award.
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27 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a wager input device for receiving a wager; a first display for displaying an array of symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome; and a second display for displaying an amount of at least one progressive award, the second display having at least one display window for showing a unit value of the at least one progressive award, wherein at least a first incrementing marker moves about a periphery of the display window along a first predefined path in response to changes in fractions of the unit value of the at least one progressive award. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of displaying a progressive award of a wagering game played via a gaming system, the gaming system including a wager input device and a display device, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one progressive award to a player using a unit value, the progressive award being displayed in at least one display window of the display device; and depicting, on the display device, changes to the progressive award with at least one incrementing marker, the incrementing marker moving about a first periphery of the at least one display window along a first predefined path in accordance with fractional changes to the unit value of the progressive award, the incrementing marker moving at least one complete rotation about the display window to increment the unit value by a single unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the wagering game including a game sequence in which a player provides an input and a wagering game outcome is determined, the method comprising the acts of:
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accepting a player input via a user input device, the player input indicative of a wager to play the wagering game; interpreting the wager via one or more processors, the wager stored in one or more memory devices; initiating the game sequence of the wagering game via at least one of the processors; and using at least one of the processors to generate an outcome in the wagering game; fund a progressive award from a portion of the wager input; and cause at least one display device to display in a first display window a representation of the at least one progressive award such that changes to the progressive award are depicted with at least one incrementing marker, the incrementing marker moving about a first periphery of the first display window along a first predefined path in accordance to changes in the progressive award, the incrementing marker including a light that advances to fill the predefined path, wherein the changes to the progressive award are depicted by the incrementing marker moving at least one complete rotation about the first periphery of the first display window to increment a single unit of the progressive award, the first predefined path further being substantially lit and changing color or hue immediately prior to the change to the progressive award by the single unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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