Patent ID: 8684833
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of awarding a mystery degressive bonus for a plurality of games that are participating in a chance to win the mystery degressive bonus, the plurality of games coupled to a gaming network that includes a remote server, the method comprising: increasing the odds of winning the mystery degressive bonus while simultaneously decreasing the degressive award in the remote server for each subsequent game in the plurality of games that does not satisfy a trigger of the mystery degressive bonus; increasing the odds of winning a progressive award while simultaneously increasing a progressive award in the remote server for each subsequent game in the plurality of games that does not satisfy the trigger of the mystery degressive bonus; and awarding to a player a present value of the mystery degressive bonus and a present value of the progressive award from the remote server if a game of the plurality of games satisfies the trigger of the mystery degressive bonus.