Patent ID: 8469787

Claim:
A gaming method including the steps of: initiating play of a wagering game responsive to a player request entered through a player input system of a player station; determining a first game outcome for the play of the wagering game, the first game outcome being determined with a data processing system associated with the player station and including one or more processors, and the first game outcome being included in a set of potential game outcomes for the wagering game, each potential game outcome in the set being correlated to a respective index value and to a respective award value; determining an index value modifier with the data processing system; with the data processing system, applying the index value modifier to modify the index value correlated to the first game outcome to obtain a modified index value comprising an index value correlated to a second game outcome in the set of potential game outcomes; and awarding the award value correlated to the second game outcome for the play of the wagering game.