Patent ID: 7686689
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system, comprising: a plurality of gaming terminals that play a basic wagering game in response to receiving wager inputs from players, each of said plurality of gaming terminals configured to achieve a plurality of winning outcomes that each have a corresponding payout amount, said plurality of winning outcomes being determined by various symbol combinations, each of said plurality of gaming terminals including a display that displays a pay table with each of said plurality of winning outcomes and said corresponding payout amount, a majority of said payout amounts each providing a different corresponding progressive award, said progressive awards being displayed in the pay table; and a controller coupled to each of said plurality of gaming terminals and receiving wager-input signals from said plurality of gaming terminals, in response to receiving a wager-input signal from one of said plurality of gaming terminals, said controller allocating portions of said wager input among said progressive awards and sending an update pay-table signal to said plurality of gaming terminals to instruct said plurality of gaming terminals to update said corresponding progressive awards displayed in said pay table, said pay table being continuously displayed as said progressive awards are being updated.