Patent ID: 8353762

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) display an award wheel including a plurality of sections and a plurality of awards, one of the plurality of awards being a progressive award associated with a progressive award amount and one of the plurality of awards being a non-progressive award, each of the sections displaying one of the plurality of awards and each of the plurality of awards being associated with a probability of being indicated; (b) enable a player to place a wager from a plurality of different wagers to play a base game; (c) increase the progressive award amount based on the placed wager; (d) upon an occurrence of a progressive award section change triggering event: (i) display a change in a displayed size of the section that displays the progressive award; (ii) change the probability of being indicated associated with the progressive award; and (iii) adjust a displayed size of at least one other of the sections based on the change in the displayed size of the section that displays the progressive award; and (e) upon an occurrence of a bonus game triggering event, for a single activation of the award wheel, determine one of the plurality of awards to indicate based on the probabilities of being indicated associated with the plurality of awards and indicate said section that displays the determined award.