Gaming system, gaming device and method for wagering game having a unique bonus round play

Abstract

A gaming system, a gaming machine and a method is provided in which the player plays a primary game or a base game on a gaming device. During the play of the primary game or the base game, the player accrues value points. At one or more times, a player participates in a bonus event. The player may apply accrued value points to the bonus round to increase a payout for a winning bonus event result. The bonus event may be triggered randomly or it may be triggered when the player accrues a threshold number of value points. If the bonus event is triggered before the player reaches the threshold value any value points which were not already allocated to the bonus event by the player are lost. The bonus event may comprise an online-related social-networking game.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A slot machine configured to allow a single player to play a slot machine game comprising:
 at least one input device; at least one display device; at least one processor; 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) establish a first pay table associated with a final reels spin result; 
 b) enable the player, using at least one input device, to make at least one wager on a first pay line, the amount of each wager being accrued as a point value; 
 c) after the player makes the at least one wager, cause the display device to display to the player a plurality spinning reels, to stop the spinning reels and to display a final reels spin result of the spinning reels after the spinning reels have stopped; 
 d) cause the display device to display a first award based on the first pay table to the player if the final reels spin result is a winning outcome according to the first pay table; and 
 e) when the point value accrues to a predetermined value, cause the display device to display a bonus round comprising a game play of FARMVILLE. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of operating a slot machine game in which a single player plays against a first pay table, the method comprising:
 a) establishing a first pay table associated with a final reels spin result;   b) the player making at least one wager on a first pay line, the amount of each wager being accrued as a point value;   c) after the player makes the at least one wager, displaying to the player a plurality spinning reels, stopping the spinning reels and displaying a final reels spin result of the spinning reels after the spinning reels have stopped;   d) making a first award based on the first pay table to the player if the final reels spin result is a winning outcome according to the first pay table; and   when the point value accrues to a predetermined value, cause the display device to display a bonus round comprising a game play of FARMVILLE.