Patent ID: 8845414
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a wagering game to a player, the method including: (a) controlling a gaming display with one or more electronic processors, the gaming display including a first gaming zone comprising a matrix of symbol locations which are updated to provide results of the game; (b) receiving a player game activation and, in response, providing an animated display in the first gaming zone showing motion in the symbol locations which stops to provide a game outcome; (c) determining if the game outcome is a free spin bonus outcome, and, in response, beginning a free spin bonus round including multiple free spin outcomes each providing a free spin randomization of the matrix of symbol locations and an award opportunity, and in which a group of progressive prize segment meters are shown, each associated with a different progressive prize and each including a plurality of symbol accumulation segments linked to a designated prize segment symbol that may appear in the free spin bonus round; (d) for each free spin, conducting a free spin animated display having a chance to provide one or more prize segment symbols which cause their linked prize segment meter to increase the number of accumulated prize segment symbols shown; and (e) for each free spin, determining if a particular progressive prize segment meter has accumulated its full capacity of prize segment symbols, and, if so, awarding an associated progressive prize to the player.