Gaming system and method for providing a plurality of chances of winning a progressive award

US9558629B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · US

Inventors

• Craig Schaefer · Las Vegas, US
• Christopher B. Drake · Reno, US
• Brian Johnson · Saltash, GB
• Victoria A. Fuller · Los Angeles, US
• Cameron A. Filipour · Las Vegas, US
• William J. Foster · Houston, US
• Dirk Geere · Henderson, US
• Misty Ann Johnson · Reno, US
• Joseph Masinter, II · Chatswood, AU
• Vincent P. Smith · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3225
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The gaming system disclosed herein provides a player one or more chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides the player one or more opportunities to win a progressive award in association with a first game sequence. If the player does not win the progressive award in association with the first game sequence, the gaming system determines whether to provide the player any additional chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award in a second game sequence.