Patent ID: 8231451

Claim:
A gaming system for conducting a wagering game having a plurality of player-selectable bonus items, the gaming system comprising: at least one input device; one or more display devices for displaying symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes, the plurality of outcomes including at least one winning outcome; one or more processors; and at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the gaming system to receive a wager from a player to initiate the wagering game; receive a selection from the player of at least one bonus item from the plurality of bonus items, the at least one bonus item associated with at least one of a plurality of bonus awards, the plurality of bonus awards including a bonanza award; after receiving the selection, display the at least one winning outcome of the plurality of outcomes; after displaying the at least one winning outcome, reveal the at least one bonus award associated with the selected bonus item; and in response to the at least one bonus award being the bonanza award, (i) award the player the bonanza award including a plurality of additional bonus items, (ii) reveal at least one additional award associated with each of the plurality of additional bonus items, and (iii) award the player the at least one additional award associated with each of the plurality of additional bonus items, wherein at least one of the additional bonus items is not directly selected by the player.