Patent ID: 8628405

Claim:
A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game, comprising: a wager-input device; a display configured to display the wagering game, the wagering game including a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input received via the wager-input device, wherein the plurality of outcomes includes at least one outcome that awards standard credits and bonus tokens corresponding to a first mathematical model utilized by the gaming terminal; a credit output device configured to selectively output a value of the standard credits and the bonus tokens in response to achieving the at least one outcome, wherein the bonus tokens are exchangeable for a special event on a second gaming terminal; and a credit input device configured to receive bonus tokens accumulated on another gaming terminal utilizing another mathematical model different from the first mathematical model utilized by the gaming terminal, wherein the gaming terminal is configured to normalize a number or a value of bonus tokens received from the another gaming terminal to thereby equalize the received number or value of bonus tokens with the first mathematical model utilized by the gaming terminal.