Patent ID: 8506391

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a wager input for receiving a wager from a player to play a wagering game; at least one display to display a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game; and at least one controller operative to: provide a progressive jackpot award and a first award that is a predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award, the predetermined constant percentage being less than 100%; change the progressive jackpot award, while maintaining the first award at the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award by contributing at least a portion of the wager to the progressive jackpot award; and conduct a feature including (i) awarding the first award determined by taking the predetermined constant percentage of the progressive jackpot award without resetting the progressive jackpot award, or (ii) awarding at least the entire progressive jackpot award and resetting the progressive jackpot award to a predetermined minimum value.