Patent ID: 8753196

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a controller configured to maintain: (i) a first progressive award associated with a range of values and a progressive hit value, (ii) a second progressive award associated with a designated primary game outcome, and (iii) a third progressive award associated with a secondary game; and a gaming machine configured to communicate with the controller, upon a player placing a wager on a play of a primary game, said gaming machine and said controller are programmed to operate to: (a) if the wager placed causes the first progressive award to reach the progressive hit value, provide the first progressive award to the player, (b) generate one of a plurality of primary game outcomes, said plurality of primary game outcomes include the designated primary game outcome, (c) if the designated primary game outcome is generated, provide the second progressive award to the player, and (d) if the secondary game is triggered in association with the play of the primary game, provide one of a plurality of awards to the player, the plurality of awards including the third progressive award.