GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PROGRESSIVE AWARD MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE RESETTING THE DISPLAYED VALUE OF THE PROVIDED PROGRESSIVE AWARD

摘要

A gaming system which maintains a progressive award that is associated with a plurality of different progressive award trigger values or progressive award hit values. In such embodiments, the displayed value of the progressive award does not reset to a reset value or reset amount until the displayed value of that progressive award has incremented to each of the plurality of progressive award hit values associated with that progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides a plurality of displayed incremented values of a progressive award a plurality of times before the displayed value of that progressive award is reset to the reset value.

主权项

1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:
(a) causing at least one processor to maintain a progressive award that is associated with a designated quantity of progressive award hit values, said progressive award having a reset value and said quantity of progressive award hit values being greater than one; (b) causing the at least one processor to randomly determine each of said designated quantity of progressive award hit values; (c) causing at least one display device to display a current value of said progressive award; (d) for each of a plurality of gaming devices, enabling a player of said gaming device to place a wager to play a primary game; (e) upon a designated progressive award increase event, causing the at least one processor to increment the displayed value of said progressive award; and (f) when the value of said progressive award has incremented to one of said randomly determined progressive award hit values:
(i) causing one of the gaming devices to provide a currently displayed value of said progressive award;(ii) causing the at least one processor to determine if at least one of said progressive award hit values remains;(iii) if no progressive award hit values remain, causing the at least one processor to reset the displayed value of said progressive award to said reset value; and(iv) if at least one of said progressive award hit values remain, repeating steps (c) to (f), wherein the displayed value of said progressive award continues to increment from said provided value of said progressive award.