Patent ID: 8167711

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 display device and the at least one input device to, for a play of a single primary game: (a) enable a player to place one of a plurality of different wagers, wherein: (i) each of the plurality of different wagers is associated with: (A) one of a plurality of different probabilities of triggering a bonus game, (B) a different one of a plurality of different quantities of paylines, and (C) one of a plurality of different wager amounts, and (ii) a plurality of the different probabilities are non-linearly related to a plurality of the different wager amounts; (b) determine if the wager amount associated with a placed wager is in a first wager amount range; (c) if the wager amount associated with the placed wager is in the first wager amount range, cause said play of the primary game to have a first one of the probabilities of triggering the bonus game, said first probability being greater than zero; (d) determine if the wager amount associated with the placed wager is in a second wager amount range, said second wager amount range including at least one wager amount that is greater than any wager amount in said first wager amount range; (e) if the wager amount associated with the placed wager is in the second wager amount range, cause said play of the primary game to have a second one of the probabilities of triggering the bonus game, wherein said second probability is greater than said first probability; (f) generate a primary game outcome for said play of the primary game, the generated primary game outcome being based, at least in part, on said probability of triggering the bonus game; (g) display the determined primary game outcome; (h) display any awards associated with the displayed primary game outcome; and (i) if the bonus game is triggered: (i) display a play of the bonus game, (ii) display a bonus game outcome, and (iii) display any awards associated with the displayed bonus game outcome.