Patent ID: 8678913

Claim:
A method of allowing a player to play a game with a gaming machine that includes a display device and a processor, the method comprising the steps of: allowing the player to make a wager; displaying a first game on the display device; generating, by the processor, an outcome associated with the first game and displaying the outcome on the display device; awarding the player a first award for the first game based at least in part on the generated first game outcome; determining if a triggering condition occurred in the first game and displaying a second game on the display device upon determining the triggering condition has occurred; calculating a current trigger cycle of the generated second game, the current trigger cycle being equal to a number of first games played after an occurrence of a previous second game triggering condition; determining an average trigger event cycle associated with the second game; calculating a scaling factor determined as a function of the current trigger cycle and the average trigger event cycle; determining a total average feature award associated with the average trigger event cycle; calculating an average feature award associated with the current trigger cycle based at least in part on the total average feature award and the scaling factor; and awarding the player a second award for the second game, the second award determined as a function of the calculated scaling factor and the average feature award.