Patent ID: 8672740

Claim:
A wager gaming method comprising: receiving a first input from a player indicating that a state-based power-up associated with the player be redeemed for an in-game advantage during wagering game play, wherein: the state-based power-up is re-usable if a game outcome condition is met, and the in-game advantage provides an opportunity to improve a score or chances of winning within a game; wherein the game outcome condition is that the player achieve a better game outcome during the wagering game play as a result of redeeming the state-based power-up for the in-game advantage than the player would have achieved had the player not redeemed the state-based power-up for the in-game advantage during the wagering game play; providing the in-game advantage at a first time during the wagering game play in response to receiving the first input; determining, after providing the in-game advantage at the first time, that the game outcome condition has not been met in association with the providing of the in-game advantage at the first time; and determining, responsive to determining that the game outcome condition has not been met, that the state-based power-up is to be disassociated from the player.