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Gaming system and method for providing a progressive award multiple times before resetting the displayed value of the provided progressive award

  • US 9,799,167 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2016
  • Issued: 10/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

  • (a) maintaining, by at least one processor, a progressive award that is associated with a designated quantity of randomly determined progressive award hit values, said progressive award having a reset value and said quantity of randomly determined progressive award hit values being greater than one;

    (b) causing a display, by at least one display device, of a current value of said progressive award;

    (c) upon an occurrence of a designated progressive award increase event, incrementing, by the at least one processor, the displayed value of said progressive award; and

    (d) when the value of said progressive award has incremented to one of said randomly determined progressive award hit values;

    (i) causing a currently displayed value of said progressive award to be provided to a player;

    (ii) determining, by the at least one processor, if at least one of said randomly determined progressive award hit values remains;

    (iii) responsive to a determination that no randomly determined progressive award hit values remain, resetting, by the at least one processor, the displayed value of said progressive award to said reset value; and

    (iv) responsive to a determination that at least one of said randomly determined progressive award hit values remain, repeating (b) to (d), wherein the displayed value of said progressive award continues to increment from said provided value of said progressive award.

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