Patent ID: 8182338

Claim:
A method for playing wagering games at which players are eligible for a progressive game, the method comprising: in response to receiving, via one or more input devices, wager inputs from said players, conducting wagering games in which said players are eligible to win said progressive game; funding said progressive game by a portion of said wager inputs, said progressive game having a certain number of fund pools greater than one, each of said fund pools receiving a substantially equivalent share of said funding portion; displaying, via a display device, a progressive-game award value that is substantially equivalent to an amount of a single one of said fund pools; and in response to triggering a progressive-award winning outcome, displaying to the player, via the display device, a plurality of selectable elements, each of said selectable elements being associated with a progressive-game award multiplier that increases said progressive-game award value to an enhanced-progressive-award value, said progressive game multiplier dictating the number of said fund pools to be used to award said enhanced-progressive-award value to said player, the displaying of the progressive-game award value starting prior to displaying the progressive-game award multiplier associated with the selected selectable element.