Patent ID: 8388438

Claim:
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game, the gaming system comprising: a game display configured to display an array of symbols indicating a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game in response to receiving a wager from a player; an input device adapted to receive one or more inputs from the player and to output a signal corresponding to the one or more player inputs; and a controller configured to conduct the wagering game and a game feature associated with the wagering game, the controller further being configured to enable play of the wagering game responsive to an input of a first wager and to enable the game feature responsive to an input of a second wager further to the first wager, wherein the game feature provides an opportunity for the player to receive, responsive to a randomly determined losing outcome in the wagering game, a positive feature in a subsequent play of the wagering game, the subsequent play of the wagering game including a new randomly selected outcome, and the positive feature increasing the probability of a winning outcome in the new randomly selected outcome of the subsequent play of the wagering game.