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US 11,887,437 B2Granted
Banked bonus player selection
AssigneeIgt
InventorsChris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Yu Chong, Nathan Ajhar
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Abstract
Gaming systems and method that provide a banked bonus player selection feature including a symbol display such as a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a multi-player game.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, for a play of a multi-player game:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a wheel and a plurality of selectable sections of the wheel, wherein the sections are respectively associated with a plurality of different awards for the play of the multi-player game, and wherein the sections are displayed without displaying any of the awards in association with the sections;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a quantity of the sections that can be selected by each of a plurality of qualified players;
- after receipt of player selections for each of the quantity of the sections that can be selected by the qualified players, cause a display, by the display device, for each qualified player, of a player indication associated with the qualified player and with the section selected by the qualified player;
- after receipt of player selections for each of the quantity of the sections that can be selected by the qualified players, cause a display, by the display device, for each of the sections selected by the qualified players, of an award symbol associated with that section;
- cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning;
- cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped after spinning and an indicator indicating one of the sections;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication associated with the qualified player that selected the indicated section.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, for a play of a multi-player game:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a wheel, a plurality of selectable sections of the wheel, and a plurality of different awards on the sections;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a quantity of the sections that can be selected by each of a plurality of qualified players, wherein each qualified player is based on the qualified player having accumulated qualifications at least of a minimum qualification threshold;
- after receipt of player selections for each of the quantity of the sections that can be selected by the qualified players, cause a display, by the display device, for each qualified player, of a player indication associated with the qualified player on the section selected by the qualified player;
- cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel spinning;
- cause a display, by the display device, of the wheel stopped after spinning and an indicator indicating one of the sections;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication of the qualified player that selected the indicated section.
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A gaming system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, for a play of a multi-player game:
- cause a display, by a display device, of a symbol display object and a plurality of selectable sections of the symbol display object, wherein the sections are respectively associated with a plurality of different awards for the play of the multi-player game, and wherein the sections are displayed without displaying any of the awards in association with the sections;
- cause a display, by the display device, of a quantity of the sections that can be selected by each of a plurality of qualified players;
- after receipt of player selections for each of the quantity of the sections that can be selected by the qualified players, cause a display, by the display device, for each qualified player, of a player indication associated with the qualified player on the section selected by the qualified player;
- after receipt of player selections for each of the quantity of the sections that can be selected by the qualified players, cause a display, by the display device, for each of the sections selected by the qualified players, of an award symbol on that section;
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication of one of the sections of the symbol display object;
- and
- cause a display, by the display device, of an indication of each of the qualified players that selected the indicated section of the symbol display object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.