Gaming method and device involving progressive wagers
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErnie M. Lafky, Mark C. Nicely
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Abstract
A method of gaming is disclosed wherein progressive award values may be increased in response to certain pre-established game outcomes, wager amounts or random events. The increased progressive award values may be based on a primary game or secondary game outcome. Another innovation is the resetting of progressive awards upon completion of a bonus event whether or not award actually won in said bonus event. Player tracking systems permit progressive award values to be linked to a particular player such that the progressive award values remain personal to the player. Re-setting increased progressive award values is also disclosed.
Claims26
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one input device;
- at least one display 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 said at least one display device, and said at least one input device to:
- (a) maintain a plurality of progressive awards,
- (b) display a plurality of reels, wherein each of the plurality of reels are separately associated with a different one of the maintained progressive awards,
- (c) enable a player to place a wager amount on a play of a game, and
- (d) for the wagered on play of the game:
- (i) cause each of the plurality of reels to display one of a plurality of symbols, wherein the symbols displayed by the plurality of reels form a symbol combination,
- (ii) determine any awards associated with the formed symbol combination,
- (iii) display any determined awards associated with the formed symbol combination, and
- (iv) for each of the reels, if the symbol displayed by said reel is a designated symbol associated with said reel, increase the maintained progressive award associated with said reel.
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
- (a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to maintain a plurality of progressive awards,
- (b) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of reels, wherein each of the plurality of reels are separately associated with a different one of the maintained progressive awards,
- (c) enabling a player to place a wager amount on a play of a game, and
- (d) for the wagered on play of the game:
- (i) causing each of the plurality of reels to display one of a plurality of symbols, wherein the symbols displayed by the plurality of reels form a symbol combination,
- (ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any awards associated with the formed symbol combination,
- (iii) causing the at least one display device to display any determined awards associated with the formed symbol combination, and
- (iv) for each of the reels, if the symbol displayed by said reel is a designated symbol associated with said reel, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to increase the maintained progressive award associated with said reel.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- (a) maintain a plurality of progressive awards,
- (b) cause at least one display device to display a plurality of reels, wherein each of the plurality of reels are separately associated with a different one of the maintained progressive awards,
- (c) enable a player to place a wager amount on a play of a game, and
- (d) for the wagered on play of the game:
- (i) cause each of the plurality of reels to display one of a plurality of symbols, wherein the symbols displayed by the plurality of reels form a symbol combination,
- (ii) determine any awards associated with the formed symbol combination,
- (iii) cause the at least one display device to display any determined awards associated with the formed symbol combination, and
- (iv) for each of the reels, if the symbol displayed by said reel is a designated symbol associated with said reel, increase the maintained progressive award associated with said reel.
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