Gaming device and method of conducting a game with a changeable bonus value feature
AssigneeKonami Gaming, Inc.
InventorJason Mayeroff
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Abstract
A bonus device and method are set forth for gaming machines. The bonus device is configured as a two dimensional display or three dimensional object, such as a sphere, box, or football shape, which can be controlled to rotate, spin or move to display a bonus. The bonus device is embedded with display technology that allows the bonus amounts, to change upon certain conditions in the base game such as an increased number of credits wagered, combinations achieved in the base game, or other random occurrences.
Claims20
A gaming apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a display device mounted to the cabinet;
- and
- a processor programmed to execute an algorithm including the steps of:
- displaying a bonus game on the display device including a rotatable wheel, the rotatable wheel including an outer display portion and an inner display portion;
- displaying the outer display portion including a plurality of changeable award amounts, the changeable award amounts are selected from a schedule of award amounts, a number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts being greater than a number of the changeable award amounts displayed on the outer display portion, the number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts are arranged in a non-uniform probability distribution;
- displaying the inner display portion including a plurality of award multipliers;
- and
- initiating an instance of the bonus game by:
- rotating the inner display portion with respect to the outer display portion and stopping the inner display portion such that each award multiplier is associated with a corresponding changeable award amount;
- and
- modifying each corresponding changeable award amount based on the associated award multiplier.
A method of operating a gaming apparatus, the gaming apparatus including a display device mounted to a cabinet and a processor operably coupled to the display device, the method including the processor performing an algorithm including the steps of:
- displaying a bonus game on the display device including a rotatable wheel, the rotatable wheel including an outer display portion and an inner display portion;
- displaying the outer display portion including a plurality of changeable award amounts, the changeable award amounts are selected from a schedule of award amounts, a number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts being greater than a number of the changeable award amounts displayed on the outer display portion, the number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts are arranged in a non-uniform probability distribution;
- displaying the inner display portion including a plurality of award multipliers;
- and
- initiating an instance of the bonus game by:
- rotating the inner display portion with respect to the outer display portion and stopping the inner display portion such that each award multiplier is associated with a corresponding changeable award amount;
- and
- modifying each corresponding changeable award amount based on the associated award multiplier.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, when executed by at least one processor the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to perform an algorithm including the steps of:
- displaying a bonus game on a display device including a rotatable wheel, the rotatable wheel including an outer display portion and an inner display portion;
- displaying the outer display portion including a plurality of changeable award amounts, the changeable award amounts are selected from a schedule of award amounts, a number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts being greater than a number of the changeable award amounts displayed on the outer display portion, the number of changeable award amounts in the schedule of award amounts are arranged in a non-uniform probability distribution;
- displaying the inner display portion including a plurality of award multipliers;
- and
- initiating an instance of the bonus game by:
- rotating the inner display portion with respect to the outer display portion and stopping the inner display portion such that each award multiplier is associated with a corresponding changeable award amount;
- and
- modifying each corresponding changeable award amount based on the associated award multiplier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.