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US 2014/0213348 A1Published application
Server based gaming system having multiple progressive awards
AssigneeIgt
InventorsJames A. Vasquez, Anthony J. Baerlocher, Aaron T. Jones, Mark W. Bansemer
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Abstract
A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gaming machines in the gaming system. Upon a determination that a designated one of the progressive awards will be provided, one of the gaming machines associated with the progressive module which maintains the designated progressive award provides the designated progressive award to the player of such gaming machine.
Claims23
A gaming system comprising:
- a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including:
- at least one display device;
- at least one input device;
- 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 operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to display a play of a game upon a placement of a wager;
- and
- a controller programmed to operate with said plurality of gaming devices to:
- (a) maintain a progressive award,
- (b) during a first period of time:
- (i) associate the maintained progressive award with a first one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) cause the first one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a first triggering event occurs, cause the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the first one of the gaming devices,
- (c) if a transfer event occurs, transfer at least part of the progressive award to a second one of the gaming devices, and
- (d) during a second period of time after the occurrence of the transfer event:
- (i) associate the maintained progressive award with the second one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) cause the second one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a second triggering event occurs, cause the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the second one of the gaming devices.
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A gaming system server comprising:
- 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:
- (a) cause each of a plurality of gaming devices to display a play of a game upon a placement of a wager,
- (b) maintain a progressive award,
- (c) during a first period of time:
- (i) associate the maintained progressive award with a first one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) cause the first one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a first triggering event occurs, cause the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the first one of the gaming devices,
- (d) if a transfer event occurs, transfer at least part of the progressive award to a second one of the gaming devices, and
- (e) during a second period of time after the occurrence of the transfer event:
- (i) associate the maintained progressive award with the second one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) cause the second one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a second triggering event occurs, cause the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the second one of the gaming devices.
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A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
- (a) causing each of a plurality of gaming devices to display a play of a game upon a placement of a wager,
- (b) causing a controller to execute a plurality of instructions to maintain a progressive award,
- (c) during a first period of time:
- (i) causing the controller to execute the plurality of instructions to associate the maintained progressive award with a first one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) causing the first one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a first triggering event occurs, causing the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the first one of the gaming devices,
- (d) if a transfer event occurs, causing the controller to execute the plurality of instructions to transfer at least part of the progressive award to a second one of the gaming devices, and
- (e) during a second period of time after the occurrence of the transfer event:
- (i) causing the controller to execute the plurality of instructions to associate the maintained progressive award with the second one of the gaming devices,
- (ii) causing the second one of the gaming devices to display the maintained progressive award, and
- (iii) if a second triggering event occurs, causing the maintained progressive award to be provided to a player of the second one of the gaming devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.