Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Patent
1999-06-30
2000-12-12
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
273143R, 2731382, 273139, G07F 1734, A63F 1300
Patent
active
061590975
ABSTRACT:
A gaming machine includes a basic game and a bonus game. The basic game is controlled by a processor in response to a wager amount and includes a plurality of different start-bonus outcomes. The bonus game is activated by the start-bonus outcomes which cause the processor to shift operation from the basic game to the bonus game. The bonus game is capable of providing a plurality of bonus payouts. In accordance with one feature of the gaming machine, a probability of winning certain ones of the bonus payouts varies in response to the different start-bonus outcomes that activate the bonus game. In accordance with another feature of the gaming machine, the bonus game includes a video-type display controlled by the processor and displaying a plurality of player-selectable elements, at least one of which represents a winning bonus game outcome. The player-selectable elements are successively selected by a player until the winning element is selected. In response to the selection of the winning element, the bonus game awards the player a bonus payout. The value of the bonus payout successively decreases in response to the player successively selecting the non-winning elements prior to selecting the winning element.
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Layno Benjamin H.
WMS Gaming Inc.
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