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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Craig M. Schaefer, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Christopher B. Drake, Reno, NV (US);
Brian A. Johnson, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Victoria A. Fuller, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Cameron A. Filipour, Las Vegas, NV (US);
William Jay Foster, Reno, NV (US);
Dirk Geere, Henderson, NV (US);
Misty Ann Johnson, Reno, NV (US);
Joseph Louis Masinter, II, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Vincent Paul Smith, Las Vegas, NV (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
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.