Patent ID: 7803045

Claim:
A gaming terminal, comprising: at least one display; a player-input device allowing a player to selectively enable a special event associated with a subsequent play of said wagering game; and a controller coupled to said player-input device, said display, and a memory storing instructions executable by the controller to cause the display on the display of a wagering game including symbols representing a randomly selected outcome and to cause an appearance of one of said symbols to be altered from a first appearance in an original state to a second appearance in a special state to visually indicate that said special event has been enabled for said subsequent wagering game in response to said player enabling said special event via said player-input device, wherein said controller is further configured, upon an enabling of said special event via said player-input device, to cause said one of said symbols altered from said original state to said special state to further change functionality for said successive wagering game from a first functionality to a second functionality for said subsequent wagering game.