Patent ID: 8591324

Claim:
A method of operating a wagering game comprising: displaying on at least one display device the wagering game and at least one progressive award; in response to an input via at least one input device, receiving a wager to play the wagering game; upon an occurrence of a first triggering event, offering, by one or more processors, a player an option to accept or reject the at least one progressive award; determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, whether or not the at least one progressive award has been accepted by the player; if the at least one progressive award has not been accepted by the player, (i) banking a progressive enhancement, and (ii) in response to another wager and then upon an occurrence of a second triggering event, applying, by at least one of the one or more processors, the progressive enhancement to the at least one progressive award; and if the at least one progressive award has been accepted by the player, awarding, by at least one of the one or more processors, the at least one progressive award to the player.