Patent ID: 8210936

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: an input device configured to receive a wager input from a player at a gaming terminal to be eligible to win a progressive award; a display device for displaying the progressive award; and a controller operative to cause the display device to display (i) a numerical value of the progressive award, the numerical value being a multiple of a unit value, and (ii) a non-numerical fraction of the unit value, the non-numerical fraction representing a percentage of the unit value, and in response to the wager input received from the player and other wager inputs received from players at other gaming terminals, cause the display device to display changes to the non-numerical fraction as the numerical value progresses from a current numerical value to a next numerical value; wherein the progressive award includes a plurality of award levels, each of the award levels including a respective one of the numerical value and the non-numerical fraction, wherein each of the award levels progresses at a different pace than other ones of the award levels.