| 摘要 |
A gaming system is provided that includes a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes a progressive award adapted to be provided to a designated winning player of the gaming machines in the gaming system. In one embodiment, the gaming system designates the winning player when the progressive award reaches a player threshold value. In such an embodiment, the gaming system provides the progressive award to the designated winning player when the progressive award reaches an award threshold value. In one embodiment, each player who contributes to the progressive award is eligible to win that progressive award, even if that player is not playing one of the gaming machines in the gaming system. The gaming system provides the progressive award to the designated winning player or causes a notification of being provided the progressive award to the winning player. Accordingly, the gaming system stores the progressive award until one of the players of one of the gaming machines is designated. |
| 主权项 |
1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one gaming machine including:
at least one display device;at least one input device;at least one processor; andat 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 the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
(a) receive a placement of a wager on a play of a game, and(b) for the play of the game:
(i) determine a game outcome,(ii) display the determined game outcome,(iii) determine any award associated with the determined game outcome, and(iv) display any determined award associated with the determined game outcome, and a controller configured to communicate with the at least one gaming machine, the controller programmed to:
(a) maintain an accumulated value progressive award, said accumulated value progressive award associated with a player selection hit value and a selected player winning hit value, said selected player winning hit value being greater than the player selection hit value,(b) increment the maintained accumulated value progressive award based on at least one wager placed on at least one of the plays of the game,(c) when the maintained accumulated value progressive award increments to the player selection hit value, select a player associated with the placement of the wager which caused the accumulated value progressive award to increment to the player selection hit value, and(d) when the accumulated value progressive award subsequently increments to the selected player winning hit value, regardless of whether the selected player is playing any games at any of the at least one gaming machine, designate the accumulated value progressive award to be provided to the selected player. |
