Patent ID: 7568973
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system comprising: a controller; an accumulated value progressive award associated with a range of values and a progressive award hit value; a plurality of gaming machines configured to communicate with the controller, each gaming machine including a primary game operable upon a wager placed by a player; and a plurality of sub-controllers, each configured to communicate with the controller, wherein each sub-controller is associated with a different plurality of said gaming machines and programmed to track the wagers placed at said plurality of said gaming machines, classify the tracked wagers placed into a coin-in chunk and communicate data representing the coin-in chunk to the controller; wherein for at least one of the communicated coin-in chunks, the controller is programmed to: (a) add the wagers of the communicated coin-in chunk to the accumulated value progressive award; (b) determine if the accumulated value progressive award reaches the progressive award hit value; and (c) if the accumulated value progressive award reaches the progressive award hit value: