Patent ID: 8512130

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a central controller programmed to: (i) determine information associated with a first existing gaming machine; (ii) determine information associated with a second existing gaming machine, wherein the second existing gaming machine and the first existing gaming machine have different or substantially different probabilities of generating a designated award; iii) after determining said information associated with the first existing gaming machine and the second existing gaming machine, when, for a wager amount placed at the existing gaming machine, the first existing gaming machine includes: (a) a first winning symbol combination having a thirst probability of being generated, and (b) a different second winning symbol combination having a second probability of being generated; and when, for the wager amount placed at the second existing gaming machine, the second existing gaming machine includes: (a) a third winning symbol combination having a third probability of being generated, and (b) a different fourth winning symbol combination having a fourth probability of being generated, said fourth winning symbol combination being different than said first winning symbol combination and the second winning symbol combination; cause a change of at least one of: (a) one of the first probability of the first existing gaming machine or the second probability of the first existing gaming machine, such that the other of the first probability of the first existing gaming machine or the second probability of the first existing gaming machine remains unchanged; and (b) one of the third probability of the second existing gaming machine or the fourth probability of the second gaming machine, such that the other of the third probability of the second gaming machine or the fourth probability of the second gaming machine remains unchanged, such that one of the first probability of the first existing gaming machine or the second probability of the first existing gaming machine is equal or substantially equal to one of the third probability of the second existing gaming machine or the fourth probability of the second gaming machine and the first existing gaming machine and the second existing gaming machine have an equal or substantially equal probability of generating the designated award.