Patent ID: 7677968

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine, comprising: associating, using a controller, a plurality of mapped outcomes with a plurality of triggering outcomes, each of said plurality of triggering outcomes being indicated by at least a triggering symbol; initiating, using said controller, a plurality of plays of said wagering game on said gaming machine upon detecting a respective wager for each of said plays, said initiating including randomly selecting, for each of said plays, a respective game outcome from a plurality of game outcomes that include said plurality of triggering outcomes; after said associating, and in response to any of said randomly selected game outcomes being one of said plurality of triggering outcomes, storing in a memory an indication of a corresponding first one of said mapped outcomes associated with said one of said plurality of triggering outcomes; and incrementing, using said controller, a counter in response to any of said randomly selected game outcomes corresponding to any of said plurality of triggering outcomes; in response to an option exercised by a player of said wagering game at any time chosen by the player during or after any of said plays of said wagering game, and after said storing, displaying, on a video display of said gaming machine, said corresponding first one of said mapped outcomes based on said associating so as to be redeemed by the player.