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Gaming system with challenge feature

  • US 8,591,311 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2006
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gaming system for conducting a wagering game, comprising:

  • a value input device for receiving a wager from a player;

    a display; and

    a controller coupled to the display and operable to cause the display to present a challenge feature in response to a triggering event, the challenge feature including an arrangement of player-selectable challenges of different types and having different objectives for successful completion, the challenge feature including an outcome that awards a progressive jackpot after a predetermined minimum number of challenges in the arrangement of challenges have been successfully met, the controller being configured to return the player from a currently played challenge to the arrangement of challenges upon successful completion of the currently played challenge and to advance the player to a player-selected one of the available displayed player-selectable challenges, the controller being further configured to repeat the acts of returning and advancing until the objective of the currently played challenge is not met.

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