Patent ID: 8210937

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) enabling a player to place a wager to play a base game; (b) for the play of the base game: (i) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to randomly generate a base game outcome, (ii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine any base game award associated with the randomly generated base game outcome, (iii) displaying any determined base game award, and (iv) providing any determined base game award to the player; and (c) if a triggering condition occurs: (i) displaying a plurality of selections in a play of a bonus game, (ii) enabling the player to pick at least one of the selections in said play of the bonus game, and (iii) if the player picks one of the selections which has a progressive game increment associated with said selection, causing: (A) an amount of a progressive award to increase by a designated amount; and (B) a display of the increased progressive award.