Gaming system and method for providing a progressive award multiple times before resetting the displayed value of the provided progressive award

摘要

In various embodiments, the gaming system and method disclosed herein 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. Such a configuration provides that after the gaming system provides a currently displayed value of a progressive award to a player at least a first time, the displayed value of that progressive award continues incrementing from the provided 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, said progressive award having a reset value, (b) causing at least one display device to display a current value of said progressive award, (c) for each of a plurality of gaming devices, receiving any wagers placed on any plays of any wagering games, (d) for a first wager amount placed, causing the at least one processor to increment the displayed value of said progressive award at a first increment rate, (e) upon a first progressive award triggering event, causing a first one of the gaming devices to provide a first currently displayed value of said progressive award, (f) for the first wager amount placed, causing the at least one processor to continue to increment the displayed value of said progressive award from said provided first currently displayed value at a second, different increment rate without resetting the displayed value of said progressive award, and (g) upon a second progressive award triggering event, causing a second one of the gaming devices to provide a second currently displayed value of said progressive award.