Patent ID: 8668573

Claim:
A gaming device for conducting a game for a player comprising: a game processor; a primary game display in communication with said game processor; a bonus selection apparatus in communication with said game processor, said bonus selection apparatus including a plurality of bonus award indicia associated with one or more bonus awards; a bonus award escrow display in communication with said game processor; a data storage in communication with said game processor, said data storage storing instructions executable by said game processor to conduct a game method comprising: designating at least one bonus selection event and at least one bonus award event, wherein said at least one bonus selection event is conducted by said gaming device without player selection, and wherein each bonus selection event is different from each bonus award event, and wherein each bonus award event is triggered separately from each bonus selection event and each bonus award event includes, as its trigger a primary game outcome; receiving a player wager on a primary game; conducting said primary game including randomly selecting a primary game outcome for said primary game; resolving said player wager based on said primary game outcome; determining whether at least one bonus selection event has occurred and, if so, controlling said bonus selection apparatus to select at least one bonus award indicia without receiving any player selection, in response to said at least one bonus selection event; displaying selected bonus award indicia at said bonus award escrow display where said bonus award indicia is held until the occurrence of at least one bonus award event, including holding said bonus award indicia at said bonus award escrow display until a separate and independent bonus award event occurs in the same or later primary game; and awarding at least one bonus award associated with the bonus award indicia displayed at said bonus award escrow display in response to the occurrence of said at least one bonus award event triggered from said primary game.