Patent ID: 8480475

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of conducting an episodic wagering game on a wagering game system, the wagering game system including one or more input devices, one or more display devices, and one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, via at least one of the one or more input devices, a wager input from a player for playing an episodic wagering game having an episodic game-play progression, the episodic game-play progression including at least a first game episode with a first expected value and a second game episode with a second expected value, the first expected value and the second expected value being substantially equal; selecting, via at least one of the one or more processors, at least one randomly selected outcome of a plurality of outcomes in response to receiving the wager input; displaying, via at least one of the one or more display devices, the at least one randomly selected outcome; playing the first game episode; in response to accruing a number of player achievements while playing the first game episode, completing the first game episode; in response to completing the first game episode, unlocking the second game episode; and in response to receiving another wager input from the player, via at least one of the one or more input devices, playing the second game episode.