Degressive bonus system
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the invention include a mystery degressive bonus system. Instead of a bonus that increases its value as the likelihood of winning the bonus increases, embodiments of the invention disconnect the likelihood of winning a mystery bonus from the amount awarded for triggering the mystery bonus. In some embodiments as the likelihood of winning the mystery bonus increases, the award for winning the mystery bonus decreases. Some embodiments include a minimum value for winning the mystery bonus. Additional embodiments are directed to an indicator system to show to the player a present amount of the mystery bonus award as well as the likelihood of winning the award. Further embodiments include a gaming device that includes a bonus game in which the amount awarded to the player decreases over time.
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.
2. The method of claim 1 , in which the increasing the odds of winning a degressive bonus while simultaneously decreasing the progressive award and the increasing the odds of winning a progressive award while simultaneously increasing the progressive award are performed at different rates of change.
3. The method of claim 1 , in which the increasing the odds of winning a degressive bonus while simultaneously decreasing the progressive award and the increasing the odds of winning a progressive award while simultaneously increasing the progressive award are performed at the same rate of change.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying to the player the present value of the degressive award and the present value of the progressive award for each game of the plurality of games.
5. The method of claim 1 , in which an amount of decrease of the degressive award for each of the plurality of games is constant.
6. The method of claim 1 , in which an amount of decrease of the degressive award for each of the plurality of games is not constant.
7. The method of claim 1 , in which an amount of increase of the progressive award for each of the plurality of games is constant.
8. The method of claim 1 , in which an amount of increase of the progressive award for each of the plurality of games is not constant.
9. The method of claim 1 , in which the degressive award and the progressive award are different types of awards.