Patent ID: 8246444

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: causing at least one processor to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device to: display a play of a primary game upon a wager by a player, said primary game having a plurality of primary game symbols including a plurality of secondary game triggering symbols, wherein the secondary game triggering symbols can form a plurality of designated combinations of the secondary game triggering symbols; and causing the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device to: when one of said designated combinations of the secondary game triggering symbols occurs in said play of the primary game, provide a designated number of plays of a secondary game associated with said designated combination of the secondary game triggering symbols, wherein the secondary game has a plurality of secondary game symbols including the plurality of secondary game triggering symbols, and in each play of the secondary game, for each one of said designated combinations of the secondary game triggering symbols which occurs, provide the designated number of plays of the secondary game associated with said one of the designated combinations of the secondary game triggering symbols, wherein said designated combination of the secondary game triggering symbols is more likely to occur in said play of the secondary game than in said play of the primary game.