Patent ID: 8562421
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of gaming, comprising: conducting a mystery jackpot and a progressive jackpot having, respectively, a mystery jackpot pool and a progressive jackpot pool to which contributions are made in response to game play on participating gaming devices in which plays of respective games of the gaming devices are conducted in response to receipt of a bet and optionally an additional ante bet; making a contribution to the mystery jackpot pool in response to all plays of respective games of the participating gaming devices; making at least one contribution to the progressive jackpot pool only in response to plays of respective games of the participating gaming devices in which an ante bet is made on the respective games; determining in each of the plays of the respective games whether to award a feature game; in response to a determination to award a feature game, determining during play of the feature game whether to award one of a plurality of second level feature games, each second level feature game being associated with an individual jackpot prize funded by the progressive jackpot pool, wherein the respective values of the individual jackpot prizes are different and the probabilities of winning one of the individual jackpot prizes are commensurate with the respective values of the individual jackpots; and awarding the individual jackpot prize from the progressive pool upon occurrence of respective ones of winning game outcomes of the plurality of second level feature games.