Patent ID: 7070501

Claim:
A gaming machine having a display and a game controller arranged to control images displayed on the display, the game controller being arranged to allow a player to play for a wager, during a game session, a game in which at least one random event is caused to be displayed on the display and, if a predefined free game winning event occurs, the machine awards at least one free game, the gamine machine being adapted to accept different wager configurations for each play of the game, the gamine machine being characterized in that: the game controller stores data relating to a number of awarded free games and at least one free game characteristic of each free game awarded, the at least one free game characteristic relating to the wager configuration of a trigger game, the trigger same being the game in which the free game was awarded; and the gamine machine includes a free game selector operable by the player for choosing when, during playing session, any awarded free game is to be played, the free game, when played, being played in accordance with the at least one free game characteristic.