Patent ID: 9613500
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of adjusting eligibility rules for wager-dependent bonus features in a wagering game, the wagering game including one or more rule-adjusting activities related to a randomly generated game outcome achieved during play of the wagering game, the method comprising: receiving a wager from a player, via an input device, to initiate a randomly generated game outcome of a plurality of game outcomes for the wagering game, the randomly generated game outcome being displayed to the player on one or more displays; determining, via one or more processors, whether the received wager is an initially eligible wager amount or an initially non-eligible wager amount; evaluating, via the one or more processors, any of the one or more rule-adjusting activities achieved by the player during play of a previous instance of the wagering game to determine if one or more of the achieved rule-adjusting activities is sufficient to treat an initially non-eligible wager amount as a qualified wager; in response to the bonus-triggering event occurring and the determination that the initially eligible wager amount was received, awarding the player a first bonus award; in response to the bonus-triggering event occurring and the determination that the initially non-eligible wager amount was received, awarding the player a second bonus award if the received non-eligible wager amount can be treated as a qualified wager.