Wagering game with multiplier for progressive fund pool

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8182338
SERIAL NO

12296059

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A method for playing wagering games at which players are eligible for a progressive game includes, responsive to receiving wager inputs from players, conducting wagering games in which players are eligible to win a progressive game. The method includes funding the progressive game by a portion of the wager inputs. The progressive game has a certain number of fund pools, each fund pool receiving a substantially equivalent share of the funding portion. The method also includes displaying a progressive-game award value that is substantially equivalent to an amount of one of the fund pools. In response to a player triggering a progressive-award winning outcome, a plurality of selectable elements are displayed to the player, each selectable element being associated with a progressive-game award multiplier that increases the progressive-game award value to an enhanced-progressive-award value. The progressive game multiplier dictates the number of the fund pools to be used to award the enhanced-progressive-award value to the player.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BALLY GAMING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Thomas, Alfred Las Vegas, US 329 18966

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