Patent ID: 8449366

Claim:
A method for selecting a bonus game from a plurality of available bonus games, each of the plurality of available bonus games having associated bonus game instructions, the method comprising: presenting, by at least one of one or more processors, a base game at an electronic gaming machine, the base game including a bonus triggering outcome; in response to the bonus triggering outcome occurring during the base game, determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, a bonus game expected value, the bonus game expected value being the average theoretical payout of the bonus game; determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, a set of criteria relating to at least one of the available bonus games; and after determining the bonus game expected value and the set of criteria, selecting, by at least one of the one or more processors, one of the plurality of available bonus games, the selected bonus game meeting the set of criteria and having the bonus game expected value; and presenting, by at least one of the one or more processors, the selected bonus game at the gaming machine.