Wagering game with multi-level progressive jackpot with partial reset

A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, comprising:

• accepting, at a user interface device, a player input indicative of a wager to play the wagering game;
• providing a progressive jackpot award and a first award that is a predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, the predetermined constant percentage being less than 100%;
• changing the progressive jackpot award, while maintaining the first award at the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award by contributing at least a portion of the wager to the progressive jackpot award;
• displaying a randomly generated outcome of the wagering game on a display device;
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• in response to a triggering event, using at least one gaming apparatus controller to conduct a bonus feature including (i) awarding the first award determined by taking the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, and keeping the progressive jackpot award at the same level or (ii) awarding a second award that is at least the entire progressive jackpot award and resetting the progressive jackpot award to a predetermined minimum value.

A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, comprising:

• accepting a player input at a user interface device indicative of a wager to play the wagering game;
• providing a progressive jackpot award and a plurality of awards that are each a predetermined constant percentage of the progessive jackpot award, the predetermined constant percentage being less than 100%;
• changing the progressive jackpot award, while maintaining the plurality of awards at the predetermined constant percentages of the progressive jackpot award by contributing at least a portion of the wager to the progressive jackpot award;
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• using at least one controller to conduct a feature including (i) awarding one of the plurality of awards without resetting the progressive jackpot award, each of the plurality of awards being determined by taking the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, or (ii) awarding at least the entire progressive jackpot award and resetting the progressive jackpot award to a predetermined minimum value.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for award different percentage amounts of a progressive award jackpot, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

• receive a wager from a player to play a wagering game;
• display a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game;
• provide a progressive jackpot award and a first award that is a predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, the predetermined constant percentage being less than 100%;
• change the progressive jackpot award, while maintaining the first award at the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award by contributing at least a portion of the wager to the progressive jackpot award;
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• conduct a feature including (i) awarding the first award without resetting the progressive jackpot award, the first award determined by taking the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, or (ii) awarding at least the entire progressive jackpot award and resetting the progressive jackpot award to a predetermined minimum value.

A progressive gaming method, comprising:

• displaying a progressive jackpot award on a display device;
• displaying a first award that is a predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, the predetermined constant percentage being less than 100%;
• using at least one controller to increment the progressive jackpot award in response to play of wagering games at one or more gaming devices while maintaining the first award at the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award;
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• in response to a triggering event, using at least one controller to (i) award the first award determined by taking the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award without resetting the progressive jackpot award to a reset value, or (ii) award at least the entire progressive jackpot award and resetting the progressive jackpot award to the reset value.