Patent ID: 8900052

Claim:
A gaming system comprising: at least one processor; at least one input device; at least one display device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to: (a) receive a first input of a selected quantity of paylines to wager on in association with a play of a base game, (b) receive a second input of a selected amount to wager on each of the selected quantity of paylines, wherein a wager configuration of the selected quantity of paylines to wager on and the selected amount to wager on each of the selected quantity of paylines is associated with a bonus game having an average expected payout and a probability of being selected and different wager configurations are associated with different average expected payouts and different probabilities of being selected, (c) modify a probability of being selected of the bonus game associated with the wager configuration of the selected quantity of paylines to wager on and the selected amount to wager on each of the selected quantity of paylines, (d) determine if a bonus game triggering event occurs, (e) if the bonus game triggering event does not occur, repeat (a) to (e) until the bonus game triggering event occurs, and (f) if the bonus game triggering event occurs at a designated point in time: (i) randomly select one of the bonus games, said random selection based on the probabilities associated with each of the bonus games at the designated point in time, (ii) randomly determine a bonus game award in association with a play of the selected bonus game, and (iii) display to a player the determined bonus game award.