Patent ID: 8747219

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the method comprising: receiving, via an input device, wagers from a player to play respective plays of a plurality of plays of a wagering game; displaying the wagering game and event eligibility on at least one display device, the event eligibility including a time value and a multiplier value; increasing, by one or more controllers, at least one of the time value and the multiplier value as a function of the plurality of plays of the wagering game; decrementing the time value as time elapses; in response to a triggering event while the event eligibility is above an eligibility threshold, allowing, by the one or more controllers, the player to participate in one or more special events; and allowing the player to configure, via the input device, at least one of: i) a desired value of the multiplier value such that the time value, but not the multiplier value increases when the desired multiplier value is reached, ii) a maximum value of the time value such that the multiplier value, but not the time value, increases when the maximum time value is reached, iii) which one or more of the one or more special events the event eligibility is applied to, and iv) whether or not to save any portion of the event eligibility such that the saved portion can be applied to a future wagering game.