Patent ID: 8506390
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game on one or more gaming machines of a group of gaming machines, the wagering game having a basic game providing access to a community bonus game for one or more eligible players at the one or more gaming machines of the group, comprising: receiving, via at least one input device, a wager from a first player to play the basic game at one of the one or more gaming machines, the basic game including randomly selecting an outcome from a first plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes of the first plurality being a bonus-game-asset outcome; in response to the first player achieving the bonus-game-asset outcome in the basic game, providing, via at least one of one or more processors, the first player with a bonus-game asset that is usable in the community bonus game, the bonus-game asset having a current enhancement level and a next enhancement level, the next enhancement level providing a higher enhancement to an award value in the community bonus game than the current enhancement level; in response to a bonus-game triggering condition occurring during the basic game on one of the one or more gaming machines, conducting, via at least one of the one or more processors, a first play of the community bonus game including the one or more eligible players in which the bonus-game asset at the current enhancement level is used by the first player, the first play of the community bonus game comprising: