Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-27
2005-12-27
Jones, Scott (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S009000, C273S138100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06979263
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a bonus round of gaming device in which the player either wins that which the player does not select or the player selectively replaces one award with another award with the hopes of maximizing an ultimate award. In the embodiment wherein the player wins that which the player does not select, one or more selections are made from the plurality of symbols, and the game provides awards assigned to the unselected choices or symbols. In the replacement embodiment, the game replaces the award of a selected symbol with an alternative type of award. In one example, the awards assigned to the unselected symbols are gaming device credits, while the converted or replaced awards assigned to selected symbols are multipliers. After replacement, the game sums the credits, sums the multipliers and multiplies the credits by the multipliers to produce an ultimate award.
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Baerlocher Anthony J.
Peterson Lance R.
Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLC
IGT
Jones Scott
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