Gaming system and method for providing a progressive award multiple times before resetting the displayed value of the provided progressive award
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device;
at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and
at least one controller configured to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to;
(a) maintain a progressive award, said progressive award having a reset value,(b) display a current value of said progressive award,(c) for each of said gaming devices, enable a player of said gaming device to place a wager on a play of a wagering game,(d) for a first wager amount placed, increment the displayed value of said progressive award at a first increment rate,(e) upon a first progressive award triggering event, cause a first one of the gaming devices to provide a first currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said first one of the gaming devices,(f) for the first wager amount placed, continue to increment the displayed value of said progressive award from said provided first currently displayed value at a second, different increment rate without resetting the displayed value of said progressive award, and(g) upon a second progressive award triggering event, cause a second one of the gaming devices to provide a second currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said second one of the gaming devices.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, the gaming system and method disclosed herein maintains a progressive award that is associated with a plurality of different progressive award trigger values or progressive award hit values. In such embodiments, the displayed value of the progressive award does not reset to a reset value or reset amount until the displayed value of that progressive award has incremented to each of the plurality of progressive award hit values associated with that progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides a plurality of displayed incremented values of a progressive award a plurality of times before the displayed value of that progressive award is reset to the reset value. Such a configuration provides that after the gaming system provides a currently displayed value of a progressive award to a player at least a first time, the displayed value of that progressive award continues incrementing from the provided value.
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20 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and at least one controller configured to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to; (a) maintain a progressive award, said progressive award having a reset value, (b) display a current value of said progressive award, (c) for each of said gaming devices, enable a player of said gaming device to place a wager on a play of a wagering game, (d) for a first wager amount placed, increment the displayed value of said progressive award at a first increment rate, (e) upon a first progressive award triggering event, cause a first one of the gaming devices to provide a first currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said first one of the gaming devices, (f) for the first wager amount placed, continue to increment the displayed value of said progressive award from said provided first currently displayed value at a second, different increment rate without resetting the displayed value of said progressive award, and (g) upon a second progressive award triggering event, cause a second one of the gaming devices to provide a second currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said second one of the gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and at least one controller configured to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to; (a) maintain a progressive award, said progressive award having a reset value, (b) display a current value of said progressive award, (c) for each of said gaming devices, enable a player of said gaming device to place a wager on a play of a wagering game, (d) when the current value of said progressive award is a first value, for a first wager amount, increment the displayed value of said progressive award at a first increment rate, (e) upon a first progressive award triggering event, cause a first one of the gaming devices to provide the currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said first one of the gaming devices, (f) when the current value of said progressive award is a second, different value, for the first wager amount placed, continue to increment the displayed value of said progressive award from said provided currently displayed value at a second, different increment rate without resetting the displayed value of said progressive award, and (g) upon a second progressive award triggering event, cause a second one of the gaming devices to provide the currently displayed value of said progressive award to the player playing said second one of the gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and at least one controller configured to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to; (a) maintain a progressive award that is associated with a designated quantity of different progressive award hit value ranges, said progressive award having a reset value and said quantity of progressive award hit value ranges being greater than one, (b) display a current value of said progressive award, (c) upon an occurrence of the displayed value of the progressive award incrementing to within a first one of said designated quantity of progressive award hit value ranges; (i) cause a first one of the gaming devices to provide a first currently displayed value of said progressive award to a player playing said first one of the gaming devices, wherein at least one of said designated quantity of progressive award hit value ranges associated with said progressive award remains, and (ii) continue to increment the displayed value of said progressive award from said provided first currently displayed value of said progressive award upon a subsequent progressive award increase event, and (d) upon an occurrence of the displayed value of the progressive award incrementing to within a second, different one of said designated quantity of progressive award hit value ranges, cause a second one of the gaming devices to provide a second currently displayed value of said progressive award to a player playing said second one of the gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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