Patent ID: 8328636
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the wagering game having an overall expected value, the wagering game including one or more subfeatures, the method comprising: receiving, via at least one input device, a wager from a player to initiate the wagering game; randomly selecting, via one or more processors, an outcome of the wagering game from a plurality of possible outcomes, the randomly selecting including a probability of awarding a subfeature award; displaying, via one or more display devices, the randomly selected outcome of the wagering game; in response to the randomly selected outcome awarding the subfeature award, applying, via the one or more processors, at least one of the one or more subfeatures to the randomly generated outcome to complete the at least one subfeature; and in response to completing the one or more subfeatures, removing the probability of awarding the subfeature award and unlocking, via the one or more processors, eligibility for a special event, and transferring, for one or more wagering games initiated by one or more subsequent, successive wagers, at least a portion of the overall expected value previously allocated to the subfeature award to the special event.