Flexible determination of progressive awards
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- at least one processor;
at least one display device; and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;
maintain a progressive award amount,select a target progressive award amount,responsive to a progressive award contribution event occurring, increment the maintained progressive award amount, andresponsive to a progressive award triggering event occurring;
determine a payout of the incremented progressive award amount, said determination being based, at least in part, on the incremented progressive award amount and the selected target progressive award amount, andcause the at least one display device to display the determined payout of the incremented progressive award amount.
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel method and devices for implementing progressive systems on networked gaming machines and associated network devices. Some preferred implementations of the invention allow a target progressive pool size to be selected and apply payouts such that the actual progressive pool size is not likely to exceed greatly the target progressive pool size. Some such implementations control the actual progressive pool size by applying a function to control percentages of the current progressive pool size payable to players of a wagering game on the networked gaming machines. The function may be a function of a current progressive pool size, target progressive pool size and bet size. The function may cause relatively higher percentages of the current progressive pool size to be payable to players when the current progressive pool amount is greater than a target progressive pool size and relatively lower percentages of the current progressive pool size to be payable to players when the current progressive pool size is less than or equal to a target progressive pool size.
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23 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one display device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; maintain a progressive award amount, select a target progressive award amount, responsive to a progressive award contribution event occurring, increment the maintained progressive award amount, and responsive to a progressive award triggering event occurring; determine a payout of the incremented progressive award amount, said determination being based, at least in part, on the incremented progressive award amount and the selected target progressive award amount, and cause the at least one display device to display the determined payout of the incremented progressive award amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A gaming system server comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; maintain a progressive award amount, select a target progressive award amount, responsive to a progressive award contribution event occurring, increment the maintained progressive award amount, and responsive to a progressive award triggering event occurring; determine a payout of the incremented progressive award amount, said determination being based, at least in part, on the incremented progressive award amount and the selected target progressive award amount, and cause at least one display device to display the determined payout of the incremented progressive award amount. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
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maintaining, by at least one processor, a progressive award amount, selecting a target progressive award amount, responsive to a progressive award contribution event occurring, incrementing, by the at least one processor, the maintained progressive award amount, and responsive to a progressive award triggering event occurring; determining, by the at least one processor, a payout of the incremented progressive award amount, said determination being based, at least in part, on the incremented progressive award amount and the selected target progressive award amount, and causing at least one display device to display the determined payout of the incremented progressive award amount. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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