Patent ID: 7837554

Claim:
A method of randomly determining and displaying an award to be provided to a player of a gaming machine, said method comprising: (a) receiving a wager to initiate a play of a game; (b) after receiving the wager and after determining to provide the award to the player, causing a server remote from the gaming machine to make a first random determination for each occurrence of determining and displaying said award, said first random determination at least in part including a determination of at least one of a plurality of potential monetary values of the award to be provided; (c) thereafter, causing a processor of the gaming machine to make a second, subsequent random determination for each occurrence of determining and displaying said award, said second random determination utilizing results of said first random determination to determine a monetary value of the award to be provided, said monetary value being greater than zero; and (d) thereafter, causing a display of the monetary value of the award to be provided.