Wagering game providing a progressive award having an actual value determined by follow-up game play
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
- an input device configured to receive wagers from a player to play plays of a wagering game via which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels;
at least one display device to display a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the second progressive award level, the wagering game including a plurality of other symbol-bearing reels associated with a first mathematical model during a base portion of the wagering game, the plurality of symbol-bearing reels being associated with a second mathematical model different from the first mathematical model; and
at least one controller configured to incrementally increase the monetary value for the first progressive award level and the number of free spins for the second progressive award level based on the plays of the wagering game, and award a current value of the monetary value and a current value of the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events.
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Abstract
A gaming system includes an input device for receiving wagers to lay a wagering game in which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels. At least one display device is configured to display a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins for the second progressive award level. The gaming system includes two sets of reels, each set being associated with a respective mathematical model. A controller increments the monetary value and the number of free spins based on plays of the wagering game, and awards current values of the monetary value and the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events.
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20 Claims
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
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an input device configured to receive wagers from a player to play plays of a wagering game via which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels; at least one display device to display a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the second progressive award level, the wagering game including a plurality of other symbol-bearing reels associated with a first mathematical model during a base portion of the wagering game, the plurality of symbol-bearing reels being associated with a second mathematical model different from the first mathematical model; and at least one controller configured to incrementally increase the monetary value for the first progressive award level and the number of free spins for the second progressive award level based on the plays of the wagering game, and award a current value of the monetary value and a current value of the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method of conducting wagering games on a wagering game system, the wagering game system including one or more input devices, one or more display devices, and one or more processors, the method comprising:
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receiving, via at least one of the one or more input devices, wagers from a player to initiate plays of the wagering game via which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels; displaying, via at least one of the one or more display devices, a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the second progressive award level, the wagering game including a plurality of other symbol-bearing reels associated with a first mathematical model during a base portion of the wagering game, the plurality of symbol-bearing reels being associated with a second mathematical model different from the first mathematical model; incrementally increasing, via at least one of the one or more processors, the monetary value for the first progressive award level and the number of free spins for the second progressive award level based on the plays of the wagering game; and awarding, via at least one of the one or more processors, a current value of the monetary value and a current value of the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more physical machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving wagers, via an input device, from a player to play plays of the wagering game via which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels; displaying on at least one display device a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the second progressive award level, the wagering game including a plurality of other symbol-bearing reels associated with a first mathematical model during a base portion of the wagering game, the plurality of symbol-bearing reels being associated with a second mathematical model different from the first mathematical model; incrementally increasing the monetary value for the first progressive award level and the number of free spins for the second progressive award level based on the plays of the wagering game; and awarding a current value of the monetary value and a current value of the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming system, comprising:
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one or more input devices; one or more display devices; one or more processors; and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to; receive an input, via at least one of the one or more input devices, indicative of a wager from a player to play plays of a wagering game via which the player is eligible to win first and second progressive award levels, display, via at least one of the one or more display devices, a monetary value for the first progressive award level and a number of free spins of a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the second progressive award level, the wagering game including a plurality of other symbol-bearing reels associated with a first mathematical model during a base portion of the wagering game, the plurality of symbol-bearing reels being associated with a second mathematical model different from the first mathematical model, incrementally increase the monetary value for the first progressive award level and the number of free spins for the second progressive award level based on the plays of the wagering game, and award a current value of the monetary value and a current value of the number of free spins in response to respective triggering events. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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