Patent ID: 8113947
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game, the wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game including a plurality of successive bonus prizes, the method including a plurality of players playing the bonus game at a plurality of gaming terminals, the method comprising the acts of: locking a bonus prize available to any of the plurality of gaming terminals; conducting the basic game at a first gaming terminal; fulfilling a bonus game entry event at the first gaming terminal; satisfying, at the first gaming terminal during the bonus game, a bonus prize unlocking event to unlock a bonus prize of a multi-level bonus prize in the bonus game, the multi-level bonus prize comprising a tiered plurality of different bonus prizes, the values of the plurality of different bonus prizes increasing in value with increased tier position; satisfying, at any of the plurality of gaming terminals, a bonus prize win event in a turn during the bonus game subsequent to a turn comprising the bonus prize unlocking event; awarding the bonus prize to a player satisfying the bonus prize win event in the bonus game; and incrementing the bonus prize of the multi-level bonus prize to a successive tier of the multi-level bonus prize, the successive bonus prize comprising a base tier if the awarded bonus prize to the player satisfying the bonus prize win event in the bonus game a top tier.