Patent ID: 7674180

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one gaming device including: at least one display device, at least one input device, and a gaming device processor programmed to operate with said display device and said input device to display a game upon a wager; and a controller configured to communicate with said at least one gaming device, a wherein upon an occurrence of a triggering event, said controller is programmed to: (a) determine a loyalty award; (b) determine a loyalty award sequence based on said determined loyalty award, wherein the loyalty award sequence includes at least one game outcome modification; and (c) communicate information based on the determined loyalty award sequence to the gaming device; wherein the gaming device processor is programmed to: (i) after the loyalty award and the loyalty award sequence are determined, generate and display a first game outcome in said game; (ii) provide any award associated with the first game outcome to a player; (iii) after the first game outcome is displayed, enable the player to selectively activate the game outcome modification of the determined loyalty award sequence; and (iv) if the player activates the game outcome modification of the determined loyalty award sequence: (1) modify the generated first game outcome to form a second game outcome in said game, and (2) provide any award associated with the second game outcome to the player.