Patent ID: 8770585

Claim:
A gaming apparatus comprising: an input device; a display device; a processor; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with the display device and the input device to: (a) maintain a locked bonus event, (b) receive a wager in association with a play of a primary game, (c) for the wagered on play of the primary game: (i) randomly determine one of a plurality of different primary game outcomes, (ii) display said randomly determined primary game outcome, (iii) determine any primary game award associated with the displayed primary game outcome, and (iv) display any primary game award associated with said displayed primary game outcome, and (d) when a triggering event occurs: (i) unlock the bonus event, and (ii) for the unlocked bonus event: (A) determine a bonus event award, and (B) display the determined bonus event award.