Super Keno

Abstract

In a gambling game a collateral gambling game which can be won by players on at least one specific event occurring in the principal game, the collateral game being separate from the principal game but one when any of the possible winning events occur in the principal game, the payment to the player being calculated from the total value available for the game divided by the total number of players who bet on the specific winning event. The game gives a possibility for a large number of players to share in the success of a single player who has successfully won the main game. It may be used with various types of games including those using electronic gaming machines.

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         16 . A gaming device, comprising: 
 a display device;    a processor that communicates with the display device;    a set of symbols including a plurality of symbols adapted to be displayed by the display device;    a base game controlled by the processor and adapted to randomly generate symbols of said set of symbols;    a value associated with at least one of the symbols of the set generated in the base game; and,    a progressive award provided to the player when all of the symbols of the set are generated, said progressive award including at least one of the values associated with at least one of the symbols of the set generated in the base game.    
     
     
         17 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein a symbol is generated in the base game by generating the symbol itself or an intermediary outcome that yields the symbol.  
     
     
         18 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , which includes a plurality of symbol sets each including a plurality of symbols adapted to be displayed by the display device, wherein the base game is adapted to randomly generate symbols of each of said sets, a value is associated with at least one of the symbols of each of the sets generated in the base game, and a progressive award is provided to the player for each set when all of the symbols said set are generated, said progressive award for said set including at least one of the values associated with at least one of the symbols of said set generated in the base game.  
     
     
         19 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the base game is a game selected from the group consisting of: poker and keno.  
     
     
         20 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the base game includes an event that triggers the generation of one of the symbols of the set.  
     
     
         21 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the base game includes an event that triggers the generation of a plurality of the symbols of the set.  
     
     
         22 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , which requires multiple plays of the base game to generate each symbol of the set.  
     
     
         23 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the processor controlling the base game provides a random generation that generates the symbols of the set.  
     
     
         24 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , wherein the progressive award includes a combination of the values associated the generation of the symbols of the set.  
     
     
         25 . The gaming device according to  claim 16 , which includes an additional award for generating the symbols of the set, wherein the additional award is provided with the progressive award upon generating the symbols.  
     
     
         26 . A gaming device, comprising: 
 a processor;    a plurality of sets of symbols;    a base game controlled by the processor which randomly generates symbols of each of said sets;    a value associated with at least one of the symbols of each of the sets generated in the base game; and, a progressive award provided to the player for each set when all of the symbols of said set are generated, said progressive award for said set including at least one of the values associated with at least one of the symbols of said set generated in the base game.    
     
     
         27 . The gaming device according to  claim 26 , which includes a progressive award provided to a player for the set that is first to have each of its symbols generated.  
     
     
         28 . The gaming device according to  claim 26 , wherein the base game includes an event associated with one of the sets of symbols which triggers a generation of at least one symbol for the associated set.  
     
     
         29 . A gaming device comprising: 
 a processor;    a display device that communicates with the processor;    a base game controlled by the processor and displayed by the display device, the base game configured to randomly generate base game awards and symbols of a set;    a value associated with the symbols of said set generated in the base game; and,    a progressive award provided to a player upon the generation of all of the symbols of the set, the progressive award including the generated value associated with the symbols of said set.    
     
     
         30 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , which includes a plurality of the symbol sets each having an associated progressive award which includes all values associated with the symbols of said set generated in the base game.  
     
     
         31 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the progressive award associated with the set that is first to have each of its symbols generated is provided to the player.  
     
     
         32 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the base game is a game selected from the group consisting of: poker and keno.  
     
     
         33 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the base game includes an event that triggers the generation of one of the symbols of the set.  
     
     
         34 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the base game includes an event that triggers the generation of a plurality of the symbols.  
     
     
         35 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the base game includes an event that triggers the generation of each symbol of the set.  
     
     
         36 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , wherein the progressive award includes a combination of each of the generated values.  
     
     
         37 . The gaming device according to  claim 29 , which includes an additional award for generating the symbols of the set, wherein the additional award is provided with the progressive award upon generating the symbols.  
     
     
         38 . A gaming device, comprising: 
 a plurality of symbol sets, each set having at least one symbol that yields a value, a progressive award associated with each set, wherein each progressive award includes the values associated with the at least one symbol for the award's associated set;    a display device that displays the symbol sets; and,    a processor that communicates with the display device, said processor directing a generation of symbols of the sets during a base game of the gaming device.