Patent ID: 7740245
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. In a method of presenting games at a gaming machine comprising the machine-implemented steps of: accepting a base wager and optionally at least one secondary wager; presenting a first wagering game, said first wagering game having an associated pay table defining a plurality of winning outcomes including one or more qualifying outcomes, each winning outcome having a first associated award; determining an outcome of said first wagering game; if said outcome of said first wagering game is a losing outcome, terminating said first wagering game; if said outcome of said first wagering game is one of said winning outcomes, paying said first associated award to said player in accordance with said pay table and if said outcome is also a one of said one or more qualifying outcomes, defining said outcome as a particular qualifying outcome and increasing an award for said outcome to a second increased award above said first associated award defined by said pay table if said outcome occurs within a predetermined plurality of second wagering games, regardless of whether an outcome of one or more of said second wagering games is a losing outcome; and presenting one or more second wagering games and if an outcome of said one or more second wagering games is identical to said particular qualifying outcome and occurs within said predetermined plurality of second wagering games, paying said second increased award to said player and then resetting an award for said outcome back to said first associated award defined by said pay table.