Patent ID: 8454434

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: (a) maintain a plurality of progressive awards, wherein at least two of the progressive awards are each associated with a different quantity of progressive award tokens, (b) display to a player an offer amount, (c) enable the player to accept or reject the displayed offer amount, (d) if the player accepts the displayed offer amount, provide the player the accepted offer amount without the player accumulating any progressive award tokens, (e) if the player rejects the displayed offer amount: (i) display to the player a plurality of selections, wherein each of the selections is associated with an award amount, (ii) enable the player to pick a quantity of the displayed selections, (iii) if a sum of the award amounts associated with the picked selections at least equals a rejected offer goal amount: (A) provide the player the sum of the award amounts associated with the picked selections, and (B) accumulate at least one progressive award token for the player, and (iii) if the sum of the award amounts associated with the picked selections is less than the rejected offer goal amount: (A) not provide the player the sum of the award amounts associated with the picked selections, and (B) not accumulate any progressive award tokens for the player, (f) repeat (b) to (e) at least once, (g) after repeating (b) to (e) at least once, select one of the progressive awards, wherein said selection is based on a quantity of progressive award tokens accumulated for the player and the quantity of progressive award tokens associated with the selected progressive award, and (h) provide the player the selected progressive award.