| 摘要 |
A gaming device and method in which a portion of each wager ( 1 ) is divided between at least two escrow accounts. One may serve as a conventional progressive pool ( 1 a) (possibly networked across a number of gaming devices), while another may serve as a gaming device or player specific cache account ( 1 b). When the player achieves a predetermined winning combination he triggers a game feature, the 'Progressive Challenge', in which the player may elect to exercise the option ( 29 ) to wager none ( 33 ), some ( 32 ) or all ( 31 ) of the amount in the device specific cache account ( 1 b) in an attempt to win some or the entire amount in the conventional progressive pool account ( 1 a). If the player fails to win, the amount the player wagered from the device specific cache may be transferred to the conventional progressive pool ( 1 a). During game play the player may also have the opportunity to win additional Non-Monetary awards which may be used to increase the player's odds to win the 'Progressive Challenge'. The invention provides for games to be developed that have improved levels of player interactivity and foster player 'ownership' that increases time on device and game profitability.
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