US 12,293,637 B2
Gaming systems, gaming devices and methods with volatility control games
Scott A. Caputo, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ernie M. Lafky, San Francisco, CA (US); Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US); Paulina Rodgers, Reno, NV (US); Cameron A. Filipour, Las Vegas, NV (US); Adam M. Meyer, Reno, NV (US); and Adam M. Singer, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,332.
Application 14/495,504 is a division of application No. 12/617,475, filed on Nov. 12, 2009, granted, now 8,858,318, issued on Oct. 14, 2014.
Application 18/415,332 is a continuation of application No. 17/032,917, filed on Sep. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,935,359.
Application 17/032,917 is a continuation of application No. 15/825,845, filed on Nov. 29, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/825,845 is a continuation of application No. 14/495,504, filed on Sep. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,842,466, issued on Dec. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0153351 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G07F 17/34 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3258 (2013.01) [G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
separate from any display of any play of any game:
at a first point in time, for each of a plurality of progressive awards, automatically displaying, by a display device, a current value of that progressive award, and
at a second, subsequent point in time after a triggering of an event to win at least one of the plurality of progressive awards and responsive to a progressive award distribution event occurring in association with any of the plurality of progressive awards that causes, independent of any user input via any input device, an automatic distribution of an entirety of the current value of that any one of the plurality of progressive awards to at least another one of any of the plurality of progressive awards, and causes, independent of any user input via any input device, a reset of that automatically distributed progressive award to a reset value, for each of the plurality of progressive awards, displaying, by the display device, the current value of that progressive award.