Patent ID: 7713118

Claim:
A method of presenting games at a gaming machine comprising the machine implemented steps of: accepting a wager; presenting a wagering game based upon said wager, said wagering game having a plurality of possible outcomes, one or more of which are winning outcomes having an associated award; determining if said wagering game occurs between a start time and an end time of a defined timed gaming event which is randomly initiated during game play, independent of player initiation and independent of the game outcomes; and determining if said wagering game does not occur during any timed gaming event, wherein if said wagering game does not occur during any timed gaming event and said outcome is a winning outcome, awarding a base award for said winning outcome, and if said wagering game occurs during said timed gaming event and said outcome is a winning outcome, awarding an enhanced value award for said winning outcome that is a multiplier of said base award for said winning outcome.