Patent ID: 8092297

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a plurality of gaming devices, each of the gaming devices including: (i) at least one display device, and (ii) at least one input device; and at least one controller configured to communicate with each of the gaming devices, said at least one controller configured to operate with the plurality of gaming devices to: (a) maintain a plurality of progressive awards, (b) at a first point in time: (i) determine a quantity of the gaming devices which are being actively played, (ii) if the determined quantity of actively played gaming devices is less than a first quantity, cause a display of an indication of a first number of the maintained progressive awards which can each be provided at each of the actively played gaming devices, said first quantity being at least two, said first number being based on the determined quantity, (iii) if the determined quantity of actively played gaming devices is at least the first quantity, cause a display of an indication of a second number of the maintained progressive awards which can each be provided at each of the actively played gaming devices, said second number being based on the determined quantity and being different than the first number, and (iv) for each of the maintained progressive awards associated with the indicated number of progressive awards, if an award condition associated with said progressive award occurs in association with one of the gaming devices being actively played by any player, cause said actively played gaming device to provide said progressive award to the player actively playing said gaming device.