Patent ID: 8231450

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to: (a) enable a player to place a primary game wager on a play of a primary game; (b) generate and display a primary game outcome; (c) determine any award associated with the generated primary game outcome; and (d) if a bonus event triggering event occurs: (i) initiate a bonus event, (ii) if a designated wager amount condition associated with the play of the primary game is met, determine a round up factor from a plurality of different round up factors for the bonus event, each said round up factor respectively associated with a different set of multiples, (iii) generate and display a bonus event outcome, (iv) determine an initial bonus award value associated with the generated bonus event outcome, (v) if one of the round up factors is determined for the bonus event: (A) determine an enhanced bonus award value by rounding up the initial bonus award value to a next higher multiple from the set of multiples associated with the determined round up factor relative to the initial bonus award value, and (B) display and provide the enhanced bonus award value to the player, and (vi) if one of the round up factors is not determined for the bonus event, display and provide the initial bonus award value to the player.