Gaming devices and methods for operating a gaming device

A method for operating a gaming device, the method comprising:

• communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of a play of a game comprising a display of a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions of a plurality of reels, and display of a plurality of progression structures, wherein each progression structure comprises a plurality of steps, wherein each step is associated with a step credit value;
• communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of a game-based progression along the steps of the plurality of progression structures based on the occurrence of symbol combinations of the plurality of symbols at at least one of the plurality of symbol display positions;
• receiving, via interface control circuitry receiving a communication from a user input interface of the interface control circuitry, credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures,
• wherein the credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures comprises progression structure identity information identifying one or more selected progression structures to be updated, the one or more selected progression structures to be updated comprising a user having selected one or more progression structures from amongst the plurality of progression structures, and step selection information identifying one or more steps to be updated of respective said one or more selected progression structures to be updated, said one or more steps to be updated of said respective one or more selected progression structures to be updated comprising a user having selected one or more steps from amongst the plurality of steps of said respective one or more selected progression structures to be updated;
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• communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of the user-initiated update of the selected progression structure based on the receiving, via the interface control circuitry receiving a communication from the user input interface, the credit value transfer information;
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• communicating data the causes a credit meter to update based on the receiving, via the interface control circuitry receiving a communication from the user input interface, the credit value transfer information.

Computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of a play of a game comprising a display of a plurality of symbols at a plurality of symbol display positions of a plurality of reels, and display of a plurality of progression structures, wherein each progression structure comprises a plurality of steps, wherein each step is associated with a step credit value;
• communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of a game-based progression along the steps of the plurality of progression structures based on the occurrence of symbol combinations of the plurality of symbols at at least one of the plurality of symbol display positions,
• receive, via interface control circuitry receiving a communication from a user input interface of the interface control circuitry, credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures,
• wherein the credit value transfer information for causing a user-initiated update of a progression structure of the plurality of progression structures comprises progression structure identity information identifying one or more selected progression structures to be updated, the one or more selected progression structures to be updated comprising a user having selected one or more progression structures from amongst the plurality of progression structures, and step selection information identifying one or more steps to be updated of respective said one or more selected progression structures to be updated, said one or more steps to be updated of said respective one or more selected progression structures to be updated comprising a user having selected one or more steps from amongst the plurality of steps of said respective one or more selected progression structures to be updated;
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• communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of the user-initiated update of the selected progression structure based on the receiving, via the interface control circuitry receiving a communication from the user input interface, the credit value transfer information;
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• communicate data that causes a credit meter to update based on the receiving, via the interface control circuitry receiving a communication from the user input interface, the credit value transfer information.