Patent ID: 8585491

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a game controller that facilitates a play of a game of chance in which a player is able to place a wager on an outcome of the game of chance in return for the opportunity to win a prize; a user interface that displays to the player a plurality of different absolute wager amounts and allows the player to select one of the absolute wager amounts to be used for the wager on the outcome of the game of chance; and a jackpot arrangement that maintains at least two separate jackpots for each one of the absolute wager amounts to provide a plurality of jackpots, selects the at least two jackpots based on the one of the absolute wager amounts selected by the player, and increments the at least two jackpots selected by allocating a first portion of the absolute wager amounts selected and wagered by the player to the at least two jackpots selected, while a second portion of the absolute wager amount is allocated to play of the game of chance, wherein said first portion is divided between the at least two jackpots unequally such that the at least two jackpots increase at different rates respectively.