Video poker wagering game having bonus hands based on qualifying hand

A method of operating a gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a card-based wagering game, the gaming system including a housing, a random element generator, one or more controllers, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device, the electronic display device disposed on the housing, the electronic input device being disposed on the housing, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a physical input to the electronic input device, a wager input to initiate the casino wagering game;
• generating one or more random elements with the random element generator;
• determining, by the one or more controllers, a first outcome of the card-based wagering game from a plurality of outcomes based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements, the plurality of outcomes including a plurality of winning outcomes including a lowest winning outcome and a qualifying outcome, the qualifying outcome being different from the lowest winning outcome;
• displaying the first wagering-game outcome on the electronic display;
• awarding a player, by the one or more controllers, a tangible award in response to the first wagering-game outcome being one of the plurality of winning outcomes;
• and
• displaying a second randomly selected wagering-game outcome in response to the first wagering-game outcome being the qualifying outcome on the electronic display.

A gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a card-based wagering game comprising:

• a housing containing components associated with the card-based wagering game;
• an electronic display device disposed on the housing;
• an electronic input device disposed on the housing, the electronic input device configured to receive a physical input from a player to initiate the card-based wagering game and transform the input into an electronic data signal;
• a random element generator configured to generate one or more random elements;
• and
• one or more controllers configured to:
• initiate the card-based wagering game in response to the electronic data signal from the electronic input device,
• determine an outcome of the card-based wagering game from a plurality of outcomes based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements,
• display a plurality of cards on the electronic display device, the plurality of cards arranged in a hand, the hand indicating the determined outcome, the plurality of outcomes including a qualifying-hand outcome corresponding to a qualifying hand and a plurality of winning outcomes corresponding to winning hands, the winning hands ranging from a lowest winning hand to a highest winning hand, wherein the qualifying hand is greater than the lowest winning hand, and
• wherein if the outcome is the qualifying-hand outcome, direct the electronic display device to display the outcome, and
• award a player a bonus hand.