Patent ID: 8147319
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of conducting a wagering game at a gaming terminal the method comprising: providing a credit meter and a parlay meter; in response to a wager drawn from the credit meter, initiating the wagering game at the gaming terminal, the wager being less than or equal to a maximum amount exclusive of the parlay meter; randomly selecting outcomes for a plurality of successive plays of the wagering game; providing award amounts for winning ones of the randomly selected outcomes; accumulating at least portions of one or more of the award amounts in the parlay meter such that the parlay meter includes an accumulated award amount exclusive of the credit meter, the accumulating including allowing the player to select any portion of the one or more award amounts to accumulate in the parlay meter; and allowing a player to select any portion of the accumulated award amount in the parlay meter, including a portion greater than the maximum amount, as a wager for a subsequent play of the wagering game.