Patent ID: 7578740

Claim:
A gaming device operable under control of a processor, said gaming device comprising: a game controlled by the processor; a plurality of symbols in the game, wherein said symbols form at least one designated symbol combination and at least one non-designated winning symbol combination; a plurality of symbol positions in the game; a plurality of progressive pools associated with the game, each progressive pool having an award value greater than zero; a plurality of paylines in the game, wherein each payline is individually associated with at least a separate one of said progressive pools; and a display device operable to display said game; wherein said processor is programmed to operate with the display device to control a play of the game by: (a) enabling a player to participate in the game by placing at least one of a plurality of different payline wager amounts on each of one or more of the paylines, wherein: (i) each payline wager amount is greater than zero, and (ii) for each wagered on payline, the progressive pool associated with said payline is: (A) separate from which of the payline wager amounts was placed on said payline, and (B) independent of any incrementation of the award value of said associated progressive pool caused by said placed payline wager amount; (b) generating a plurality of the symbols at the symbol positions; (c) determining if the designated symbol combination was generated on one of said paylines; (d) if the designated symbol combination was generated on one of said paylines, providing the player the award value of the progressive pool individually associated with the payline which the designated symbol combination was generated on; (e) determining if the at least one non-designated winning symbol combination was generated on one of said paylines; and (f) if the at least one non-designated winning symbol combination was generated on one of said paylines, providing the player an award value associated with the generated non-designated winning symbol combination.