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<p num="1"><br/><br/><br/> A method for awarding bonuses over a gaming network having a plurality of <br/>gaming machines interconnected by a network. Play is allowed to occur on the <br/>plurality of gaming machines. A bonus period is initiating for which a <br/>bonus-triggering event (e.g. a winning combination) and an initial bonus <br/>amount is <br/>determined. The reel combinations obtained from normal play over the machines <br/>are detected and compared to the winning combination determined at the start <br/>of the <br/>bonus period. A match of the combination obtained with the winning combination <br/><br/>initiates a bonus-triggering event that results in the bonus amount being paid <br/>out to <br/>the gaming machine which had the winning combination. In a preferred <br/>embodiment, the initial bonus amount is decremented over the bonus period so <br/>that <br/>the bonus amount won is greater if the winning combination appears at the <br/>beginning of the bonus period as opposed to near the end.<br/>
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