Method of presenting and playing games with enhanced outcomes

A gaming machine comprising:

• a housing;
• at least one user input;
• at least one electronic display configured to display game information to a player;
• at least one information storage device;
• a controller configured to receive information from said at least one user input of inputs thereto and to display game information via said at least one display to said player;
• and
• instructions stored on the storage device and executable by the controller to present a game, the one or more instructions comprising:
• instructions for designating a plurality of winning outcomes from possible outcomes for said game, each base winning outcome having a base award and an enhanced award;
• instructions for accepting a wager from a player;
• instructions for, for each instance of said game, regardless of a size of said wager placed by said player, accepting input from said player of one of said winning outcomes to comprise a target outcome
• instructions for presenting said game to said player after accepting said input from said player;
• and
• instructions for determining an outcome of said game;
• instructions for concluding said game if said outcome is not one of said winning outcomes or said target outcome;
• instructions for awarding said base award if said outcome is one of said winning outcomes but not said target outcome;
• and
• instructions for awarding said enhanced award if said outcome is said target outcome.

A computer program product for causing a gaming machine having at least one display to present a game comprising:

• machine readable code stored in a tangible medium comprising:
• (a) instructions to cause said gaming machine to designate a plurality of winning outcomes from possible outcomes for said game, each base winning outcome having a base award and an enhanced award;
• (b) instructions to cause said gaming machine to accept a wager from a player;
• (c) instructions to cause said gaming machine to, for each instance of said game, regardless of a size of said wager placed by said player, accept input from said player of one of said winning outcomes to comprise a target outcome;
• (d) instructions to cause said gaming machine to present said game to said player after accepting said input from said player;
• and
• (e) instructions to cause said gaming machine to:
• if said outcome is not one of said base or enhanced winning outcomes or said target outcome, said gaming machine conclude said game;
• if said winning outcome is a winning outcome but not said target outcome, awards said base award therefor to said player;
• and
• if said winning outcome is said target outcome, awards said enhanced award therefor to said player.

A method of presenting a poker game at an electronically controlled gaming machine comprising the machine implemented steps of:

• displaying a pay table of winning outcomes from possible outcomes for said game, each base winning outcome comprising a poker hand having a base award and an enhanced award;
• accepting a wager from a player;
• for each instance of said game, regardless of a size of said wager placed by said player, accepting input from said player of one of said winning outcomes to comprise a target outcome;
• after accepting said input from said player, presenting said game to said player comprising displaying one or more cards to said player and forming a poker hand;
• determining an outcome of said game by evaluating said poker hand to said pay table;
• if said outcome is not one of said winning outcomes or said target outcome, concluding said game;
• if said outcome is a winning outcome which has not been selected as said target outcome, awarding said base award therefor;
• and
• if said outcome is said target outcome, awarding said enhanced award therefor.