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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Applicant:
William Keith Hughes, Reno, NV (US);
Inventor:
William Keith Hughes, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gaming system and method which maintains a plurality of progressive awards. Each progressive award is associated with a progressive award contribution rate wherein at least two of the maintained progressive awards are associated with different progressive award contribution rates. Upon an occurrence of a progressive award contribution rate reconfiguration event, the gaming system shifts, modifies or changes which progressive awards are associated with which progressive award contribution rates.