Patent ID: 8454427

Claim:
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: accepting a wager on at least one of a plurality of paylines associated with a plurality of reels for a play of a primary game; causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device to display a number of symbols of each of the plurality of reels; for the play of the primary game, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a first bonus game having a first average payout per credit wagered if: (a) the accepted wager was of an amount and was made on a first number of the paylines in the primary game, and (b) a first bonus game trigger symbol or symbol combination occurs in the play of the primary game; for the play of the primary game, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display a second different bonus game having a different average payout per credit wagered than the first bonus game if: (a) the accepted wager was of the same amount and was made on a second number of the paylines in the primary game, and (b) a second different bonus game trigger symbol or symbol combination occurs in the play of the primary game, wherein the second number of the paylines is different than the first number of the paylines; and for the play of the primary game, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the second different bonus game if: (a) the accepted wager was of the same amount and was made on the second number of the paylines in the primary game, and (b) the first bonus game trigger symbol or symbol combination occurs in the play of the primary game.