Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Nguyen, Kim (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
active
07128646
ABSTRACT:
A gaming device including a game having at least one round and at least one selection in each of the rounds where the number of selections is made by a player. After the player makes a wager in the game, the gaming device displays at least one selection to the player. The gaming device enables the player to pick the selections to match at least one of the characteristics on the selections with one of the characteristics of a base. The player continues to match at least one of the characteristics of the selections with the characteristics of the base until the player cannot match any of the characteristics of the selections with the characteristics of the base or there are no rounds remaining in the game. The gaming device provides an award or awards to the player based on the number of successfully matched selections in each round of the game.
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