Patent ID: 8317587

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: a wager input device for receiving a primary wager; a display for displaying a randomly selected outcome of a primary wagering game; and a controller operative to: (i) detect receipt of the primary wager; (ii) cause the display to present the randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of possible outcomes, the plurality of possible outcomes including an at least one free spin bonus outcome; (iii) determine if the randomly selected outcome is the at least one free spin bonus outcome; (iv) in response to the randomly selected outcome being the at least one free spin bonus outcome, provide a plurality of free spins and display a plurality of free spin enhancements, each of the plurality of free spins enhancements having a value associated therewith, the values remaining constant for the plurality of free spins; (v) enhance an outcome of a subsequent free spin based on a player selection of at least one of the free spin enhancements for the subsequent free spin; and (vi) deactivate the selected at least one of the free spin enhancements after the subsequent free spin.