Patent ID: 8348754

Claim:
A gaming machine for a gaming system providing a first progressive jackpot and a second progressive jackpot, the first progressive jackpot being funded by a first percentage of each wager placed in the gaming system and the second progressive jackpot being funded by a second percentage of each wager placed in the gaming system, the gaming machine including: (a) a player interface system operative to enable a player to enter a wager and initiate a play of a game; (b) a display device operative to display a result for the play of the game; (c) a payout device operative to make payouts based on the result for the game play; and (d) a processing device associated with at least one memory device, the at least one memory device storing program instructions executable by the processing device to: (i) in the event the result is a winning result which is not a winning progressive jackpot result, cause the payout device to make a payout based on a pay-table which correlates the result of the game play with payout amount, (ii) cause the player to be awarded the first progressive jackpot if the game result is a winning progressive jackpot result and if the wager was at least a first wager amount, and (iii) cause the player to be awarded the second progressive jackpot if the game result is the winning progressive jackpot result and if the wager was at least a second wager amount, the second wager amount being larger than the first wager amount.