Patent ID: 8092298

Claim:
method performed by a gaming device comprising: generating an outcome of a primary game using a processor, the primary game generating at least one jackpot winning outcome and a plurality of non-jackpot winning outcomes, wherein the primary game comprises randomly displaying, in a single game, a plurality of symbols in at least one row and in N columns, wherein N is at least three, and wherein combinations of symbols across the N columns determine the at least one jackpot winning outcome and the plurality of non-jackpot winning outcomes, and wherein only some of the symbols are jackpot-incrementing symbols, each jackpot-incrementing symbol directly corresponding to a value that increments a jackpot by that value; simultaneously displaying on a display device a plurality of different progressive jackpots to a player that may be won in a single game, the plurality of different progressive jackpots including a first progressive jackpot; incrementing the first progressive jackpot by a value identified by at least one of the jackpot-incrementing symbols displayed in the primary game, wherein the different progressive jackpots are incremented at different random rates by the display of different jackpot-incrementing symbols occurring in the at least one row and N columns over a plurality of primary games; and awarding one or more of the progressive jackpots to a player, by crediting a credit meter, in response to a jackpot winning outcome occurring in a current game, wherein a plurality of the progressive jackpots is awarded in a single game after obtaining the jackpot winning outcome if certain conditions are met, and wherein the particular number of progressive jackpots awarded is based on certain conditions other than an outcome of the current game.