Patent ID: 8602883

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one gaming device, each gaming device including at least one input device; at least one display device; and at least one controller configured to operate with each of said at least one gaming device and said at least one display device to: (a) maintain a plurality of progressive awards, (b) if a progressive event point accumulation event occurs, accumulate a quantity of progressive event points for a player, and (c) after an occurrence of a triggering event: (i) determine, based on a progressive award probability for the player, whether to provide the player one of the maintained progressive awards, the progressive award probability being based, at least in part, on a wagering activity of the player, and (ii) if the determination is to provide the player one of the maintained progressive awards, (A) assign the player to one of a plurality of progressive event tiers based on the quantity of progressive event points accumulated for the player, each one of the maintained progressive awards associated with a probability of being provided for the assigned progressive event tier, (B) randomly select at least one of the progressive awards based on the probabilities associated with the assigned progressive event tier, and (C) cause the at least one randomly selected progressive award to be provided to the player.