Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-18
2005-01-18
Harrison, Jessica (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S020000, C463S022000, C463S025000, C273S14200F
Reexamination Certificate
active
06843722
ABSTRACT:
A gaming device having a bonus game wherein a mechanical device activates immediately after a player picking a selection having a terminator which ends a selection portion of the bonus game. The bonus game provides a player with a number of masked selections displayed on a display device. Each selection has an associated award and at least one selection has an associated terminator. The game enables the player to pick selections and accumulate a preliminary bonus award until picking a selection having a terminator. When the player picks a selection revealing a terminator, the processor immediately thereafter activates the mechanical device and after a period of time causes the mechanical device to display a modifier to the player which modifies the preliminary bonus award, thus determining the player's final bonus award.
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Coburn Corbett B
Harrison Jessica
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