William Jay Foster

Cameron A Filipour

Kirk A Tedsen

Joseph Masinter, Ii

Craig Schaefer

Vincent Paul Smith

Brian A Johnson

Christopher B Drake

Victoria A Fuller

Dirk Geere

Misty Ann Johnson

The gaming system disclosed herein provides a player one or more chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award. In these embodiments, the gaming system provides the player one or more opportunities to win a progressive award in association with a first game sequence. If the player does not win the progressive award in association with the first game sequence, the gaming system determines whether to provide the player any additional chances or opportunities to win the same progressive award in a second game sequence.

Gaming system and method for providing a plurality of chances of winning a progressive award

A group bonus round game may be played on a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming units connected together to form a networked gaming system. Each of the gaming units having a light device located thereon, wherein the light device is adapted to display a bonus indicia. The group bonus game includes the generation of a display of bonus indicia on a first subset of the gaming units, and subsequently a second subset of the gaming units, wherein the display of the bonus indicia on the different subsets of gaming units creates an illusion that the bonus indicia are spinning, or revolving through the gaming system before stopping at a specific gaming unit. The group bonus round may additionally utilize music and/or bonus stages to create other bonus round gaming themes, for example a 'musical chairs' type group bonus round.

Gaming units with an enhanced group bonus round

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Reno, NV, United States of America

William Jay Foster