Patent ID: 8282470

Claim:
A method of playing a wagering game in which a special award may be awarded, the special award having at least a first award level and a second award level, the method comprising: conducting the wagering game in response to receiving a wager from a player; and in response to the special award being awarded to the player in the wagering game, (i) displaying, on a display, a first set of player-selectable elements without informing the player that the first award level has been awarded to the player, the player-selectable elements masking at least one indicium corresponding to all or a portion of criteria for achieving the first award level and at least one indicium corresponding to a portion of the criteria for achieving the second award level, at least one of the indicia being randomly determined; (ii) receiving, via an input device, a player selection of one of the player-selectable elements from the first set of player-selectable elements and revealing the indicium for the player-selected element; (iii) if the indicium for the player-selected element does not meet all the criteria corresponding to the first award level, displaying another set of player-selectable elements without informing the player that the first award level has been awarded to the player, the another set of player-selectable elements masking at least one indicium corresponding to all or a portion of the criterion for achieving the first award level and at least one indicium corresponding to a portion of the criteria for achieving the second award level; (iv) receiving a player selection of one of the player-selectable elements from the another set of player-selectable elements and revealing the indicium for the player-selected element; and (v) repeating steps (iii) and (iv) until a cumulative result of the revealed indicia corresponds to the criteria for achieving the first award level so as to inform the player that the first award level has been awarded to the player.