Wagering game with post-reveal alteration of the award

A method of playing a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game, comprising:

• conducting said basic game at a gaming terminal, said basic game having a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome that has been selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input by a player;
• achieving a bonus-game outcome as said randomly selected outcome, said bonus-game outcome providing a plurality of selectable objects in said bonus game, each of said selectable objects associated with a bonus award, the bonus award having a bonus award value;
• receiving a selection of at least one of said plurality of selectable objects,
• displaying said bonus award value associated with each of said selected objects;
• revealing said bonus award value associated with each of said non-selected objects;
• and
• after displaying said bonus award value associated with each of said selected objects and revealing said bonus award value associated with each of said non-selected objects, randomly altering, without player intervention, said displayed bonus award value associated with at least one of said selected objects to provide an adjusted bonus award value different from said displayed bonus award value associated with said at least one of said selected objects.

A method of playing a wagering game, comprising machine implemented steps of:

• displaying a plurality of selectable objects on at least one display, each selectable object being associated with an award, each award having an award value;
• selecting at least one of said plurality of selectable objects;
• displaying said award value associated with each selected object on the at least one display;
• revealing said award value associated with each non-selected object on the at least one display;
• and
• after displaying said award value associated with each selected object and revealing said award value associated with each non-selected object, using a processor to randomly alter, without player intervention, said displayed award value associated with at least one of said selected objects, said randomly-altered award value being revealed only after said award values associated with said selected and non-selected objects are revealed, wherein said randomly-altered award value is different from said displayed award value associated with said at least one of said selected objects.

A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game, comprising:

• a display for displaying a plurality of selectable objects, each selectable object being associated with an award;
• a controller coupled to said display and operative to control selection of at least one of said plurality of selectable objects;
• display of an award value associated with each selected object;
• revelation of award values associated with non-selected objects;
• and
• after display of said award value associated with each selected object and said revelation of said award values associated with said non-selected objects, alteration, without player intervention, of at least one of said award values associated with selected objects to provide an adjusted award value different from said award value associated with said at least one of said selected objects, said adjusted award value being revealed only after said award values associated with said selected and non-selected objects are revealed.

A method of playing a wagering game, comprising machine implemented steps of:

• displaying a plurality of selectable objects on at least one display, each selectable object being associated with an award value;
• selecting at least one of said plurality of selectable objects;
• displaying said award value associated with each selected object on the at least one display;
• and
• after displaying said award value associated with each selected object, revealing said award value associated with each non-selected object on the at least one display and thereafter using a processor to randomly alter, without player intervention, said displayed award value associated with at least one of said selected objects, to produce a randomly-altered award value different from said displayed award value associated with said at least one of said selected objects.