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US 2004/0171422 A1Published application
Gaming device having tease reveal feature
AssigneeIgt
InventorAnthony J. Baerlocher
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for at least partially revealing a first award on a display device of the gaming device, unrevealing the first award, and at least partially revealing a second award on the display device. The first award is stored in and randomly chosen from a first table and the second award is randomly chosen from a second table. The game includes a plurality of methods or mechanisms with which to unreveal or not display the first revealed award.
Claims107
A gaming device operated under the control of a processor, said gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a first award adapted to be at least partially revealed by the display device, wherein a random determination determines whether the first award is to be unrevealed by the display device, wherein said unrevealing of the first award occurs if the first award is determined to be unrevealed and after said first award is at least partially revealed by the display device, and wherein the first award is provided to a player if the determination is made that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
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- a second award adapted to be at least partially revealed by the display device in place of the first award if the first award is unrevealed, wherein said display device at least partially reveals said second award in place of the first award if the first award is unrevealed.
1 more element
A gaming device operated under the control of a processor, said gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a first award at least partially revealed by the display device;
- a random determination of whether the first award is to be unrevealed by the display device, wherein the first award is provided to a player if the random determination is made that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device to replace the first award after said random determination that the first award is to be unrevealed.
2 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a plurality of awards;
- a separate probability of replacing an award associated with each of said awards;
- a first award of said plurality of awards, which is at least partially revealed by the display device;
- a random determination of whether the first award is to be replaced based on the probability associated with said first award, wherein the first award is provided to a player if the random determination is made that the first award is not to be replaced;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device in place of the first award when said random determination is that the first award is to be replaced.
4 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a plurality of awards;
- a probability of collecting an award associated with each of said awards;
- a first award of said plurality of awards, which is at least partially revealed by the display device;
- a random determination of whether the at least partially revealed first award is to be collected by a player based on the probability associated with said first award, wherein the first award is provided to the player if the determination is made that the first award is to be collected by the player;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device in place of the first award when it is randomly determined that the first award is not to be collected by the player.
4 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a plurality of awards;
- a probability of revealing an award associated with each of said awards;
- an award percentage associated with each of the awards, said award percentage indicating the amount of each award to reveal to a player;
- a first award selected from the plurality of awards;
- a random determination of whether the first award is at least partially revealed to the player based on the probability associated with said first award;
- an award determination to determine the amount of the first award to reveal to the player based on the award percentage associated with said first award when it is determined that the first award is to be revealed to the player, wherein said determined amount of the first award is provided to the player when it is determined that the second award is not to be revealed to the player;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device in place of the first award when it is randomly determined that the second award is to be revealed to the player based on the probability associated with said second award.
6 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a plurality of awards groups, each of said groups including a plurality of awards;
- a probability of selecting an award associated with each of the awards in each of the award groups;
- a first award at least partially revealed by the display device, said first award randomly selected from a first award group of said plurality of award groups based on the probabilities associated with each of the awards in said first award group, wherein the first award is provided to a player if the determination is made that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device to replace the first award when it is determined that the first award is to be unrevealed, wherein the second award is randomly selected from a second award group of the plurality of award groups based on the probabilities associated with each of the awards in said second award group.
3 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a display device;
- a plurality of masked selections adapted to be displayed to a player by the display device;
- a selector which enables the player to choose one of the masked selections;
- a first award at least partially revealed by the display device after the player chooses one of the masked selections;
- a processor operable to determine if the first award is to be unrevealed by the display device, wherein if the processor determines that the first award is to be unrevealed, the processor causes the display device to unreveal the first award, wherein the first award is provided to a player if the processor determines that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
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- a second award at least partially revealed by the display device if the processor determines that the first award is to be unrevealed, wherein the second award replaces the first award.
4 more elements
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) at least partially revealing a first award to a player at an area of a display device;
- (b) providing the first award to the player if a determination is made to not replace the first award;
- (c) unrevealing said first award from the area of the display device if the determination is made to replace the first award;
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- (d) replacing the first award with a second award at the area of the display device by at least partially revealing the second award at said area of the display device to the player after the determination is made to replace the first award with the second award.
2 more elements
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a plurality of masked selections to a player and enabling the player to choose one of the masked selections;
- (b) at least partially revealing a first award on a display device after the player chooses one of the selections including said first award;
- (c) randomly determining if the first award is to be replaced on the display device;
- (d) unrevealing the at least partially revealed first award after it is determined that the first award is being replaced;
- (e) randomly selecting a second award when it is determined that the first award is being replaced;
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- (f) replacing the first award with the second award by at least partially revealing the second award on the display device.
4 more elements
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) revealing at least part of a first award at an area of a display device to a player;
- (b) determining whether to unreveal the first award;
- (c) providing the first award to the player if it is determined that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
- (d) replacing the first award with a second award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the second award when it is determined that the first award is to be unrevealed;
- (e) determining whether to unreveal the second award;
- (f) providing the second award to the player if it is determined that the second award is not to be unrevealed;
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- (g) replacing the second award with a third award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the third award when it is determined that the second award is to be unrevealed.
5 more elements
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) revealing at least part of a first award at an area of a display device to a player;
- (b) determining whether to replace the first award with another award selected from a plurality of awards based on a probability of replacing an award associated with each of the awards in the plurality of awards;
- (c) providing the first award to the player if it is determined that the first award is not to be replaced based on the probability associated with the first award;
- (d) replacing the first award with a second award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the second award when it is determined that the first award is to be replaced based on the probability;
- (e) determining whether to replace the second award based on the probability associated with the second award;
- (f) providing the second award to the player if it is determined that the second award is not to be replaced;
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- (g) replacing the second award with a third award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the third award when it is determined that the second award is to be replaced.
5 more elements
A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) revealing at least part of a first award at an area of a display device to a player;
- (b) determining whether to replace the first award with another award selected from a plurality of awards based on a probability of collecting an award associated with each of the awards in the plurality of awards;
- (c) providing the first award to the player if it is determined that the first award is to be collected by the player based on the probability associated with the first award;
- (d) replacing the first award with a second award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the second award when it is determined that the first award is not to be collected by the player based on the probability;
- (e) determining whether to replace the second award with another award from the plurality of awards based on the probability associated with the second award;
- (f) providing the second award to the player if it is determined that the second award is to be collected by the player based on the probability associated with the second award;
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- (g) replacing the second award with a third award at the area of the display device by revealing at least part of the third award when it is determined that the second award is not to be collected by the player.
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A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) revealing at least part of a first award selected from a plurality of awards at an area of a display device to a player based on a probability of revealing the first award associated said first award;
- (b) determining the amount of the first award to reveal to the player based on an award percentage associated with said first award if the first award is revealed to the player;
- (c) providing the first award to the player if it is determined that the first award is not to be replaced;
- (d) replacing the first award with a second award selected from the plurality of awards at the area of the display device if it is determined that the first award is to be replaced;
- (e) revealing at least part of the second award to the player based on the probability of revealing the second award associated with said second award;
- (f) determining the amount of the second award to reveal to the player based on an award percentage associated with said second award if the second award is revealed to the player;
- (g) providing the second award to the player if it is determined that the second award is not to be replaced;
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- (h) replacing the second award with a third award selected from the plurality of awards at the area of the display device if it is determined that the second award is to be replaced.
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A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) selecting a first award from a plurality of awards in a plurality of award groups based on a probability of selecting an award associated with each of the awards in the award groups;
- (b) revealing at least part of said first award at an area of a display device;
- (c) providing the at least partially revealed first award to the player when it is determined that the first award is not to be unrevealed;
- (d) selecting a second award from the plurality of awards in one of the plurality of award groups based on the probabilities associated with the awards in the award groups, wherein the second award replaces the first award at the area of the display device when the first award is to be unrevealed;
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- (e) revealing at least part of the second award to the player at the area of the display device when it is determined that the first award is to be unrevealed.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.