Patent ID: 8157646
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device associated with at least one of said gaming devices; and at least one controller configured to operate with each of said gaming devices and said at least one display device to: (a) maintain a progressive award that is associated with a designated quantity of progressive award hit values, said progressive award having a reset value and said quantity of progressive award hit values being greater than one; (b) randomly determine each of said designated quantity of progressive award hit values; (c) display a current value of said progressive award; (d) for each of said gaming devices, enable a player of said gaming device to place a wager to play a primary game; (e) upon a designated progressive award increase event, increment the displayed value of said progressive award; and (f) when the value of said progressive award has incremented to one of said randomly determined progressive award hit values: