Patent ID: 6224484
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A progressive gaming system comprising:a plurality of gaming machines, each of the gaining machines being constructed to perform a predetermined main game in response to an operation of a player and to give a prize to the player when a winning combination is formed in the main game; anda progressive unit for counting an amount of a progressive bonus based on an amount of a bet in the main game played in each of the gaming machines and controlling a payment of the progressive bonus in association with a result of the main game,wherein each of the gaming machines or the progressive unit is provided with a judging device for judging whether or not the result of the main game played in each of the gaming machines meets a predetermined bonus chance condition for proceeding to a lottery game, the progressive unit comprising a controller for performing the lottery game in response to a judgment that the result of the main game meets the bonus chance condition, for instructing one of the gaming machines, in which the result of the main game meets the bonus chance condition, to pay the progressive bonus corresponding to a result of the lottery game, and for displaying information regarding a process of the lottery game, the controller performing a game as the lottery game for forming at least one bonus winning combination and displaying a process as to whether or not the at least one bonus winning combination is formed.