Patent ID: 8449388

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one gaming device including: (i) at least one gaming device display device, and (ii) at least one gaming device input device; at least one controller configured to communicate with said at least one gaming device, at least one controller display device, and at least one controller input device, said at least one controller programmed to: (a) receive an input from an operator of a selection of one of a plurality of different progressive award increment configurations, wherein each progressive award increment configuration is associated with at least one progressive award increment rate at least one point in time; (b) maintain a progressive award associated with the selected progressive award increment configuration; (c) cause the maintained progressive award to be displayed; (d) increment said displayed progressive award based on at least one wager placed on at least one play of at least one primary game at said at least one gaming device; (e) if the progressive award increment configuration of the maintained progressive award is different from the selected progressive award increment configuration at a first point in time, modify the maintained progressive award; and (f) if a progressive award triggering event occurs, cause the maintained progressive award to be provided.