Patent ID: 9235950
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) for each of a plurality of gaming devices: (b) causing at least one server processor to qualify a first gaming device to participate in a feature event; (c) after qualifying the first gaming device to participate in the feature event, causing the at least one server processor to qualify at least one additional gaming device to participate in the feature event; (d) causing the at least one server processor to increase a value of an award upon each qualification of one of the gaming devices for participation in the feature event; (e) causing the at least one server processor to cause a display of the feature event; (f) causing the at least one server processor to determine an outcome for the feature event; (g) causing the at least one server processor to cause a display of the determined outcome for the feature event; and (h) providing at least part of the award to each gaming device qualified to participate in the feature event based on the determined outcome of the feature event, the credit balance of each gaming device qualified to participate in the feature event being increasable by said provided at least part of the award.