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US 2004/0204218 A1Published application
Gaming device having an input - output value bonus scheme
AssigneeIgt
InventorAndrea C. Hughs-Baird
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Abstract
A gaming device with a bonus scheme which includes at least one input value; a plurality of selections and at least one modifier associated with a selection. The gaming device enables a player to apply input values to desired selections and depending upon which modifiers are associated with the selections, the player can gain a relatively high or low output value. This type of bonus scheme adds excitement to bonus rounds and increases player entertainment.
Claims114
A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- at least one numerical modifier in the game, wherein said numerical modifier is associated with at least one of the selections;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting values with a picked selection;
- (c) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- (d) repeating steps (b) to (c) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting values;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein each of the selections is associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting values with a picked selection;
- (c) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and said modifier associated with said picked selection;
- (d) repeating steps (b) to (c) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting values;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of different starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein said numerical modifiers are associated with a plurality of the selections;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to select one of said provided starting values;
- (c) picking one of said plurality of selections;
- (d) enabling the player to individually associate said picked starting value with said picked selection;
- (e) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- (f) repeating steps (b) to (e) for each of said remaining provided unassociated starting values;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a starting value in the game;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein each of the selections is associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing the starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of different starting portions, wherein each of said different starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting portions with a picked selection;
- (d) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and said modifier associated with said picked selection;
- (e) repeating steps (c) to (d) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting portions;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending portions.
11 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a starting value in the game;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein each of the selections is associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing the starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of starting portions, wherein each of said starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to select one of said starting portions;
- (d) picking one of said plurality of selections;
- (e) enabling the player to individually associate said picked starting portion with said picked selection;
- (f) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and said modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (g) repeating steps (c) to (f) for at least another one of said remaining provided unassociated starting portions;
- and
- (h) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending portions.
13 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein each of the selections is associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying and providing said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate a plurality of said starting values with a plurality of picked selections;
- (c) forming a plurality of ending values, wherein each ending value is based on one of said starting values and said modifier associated with the picked selection which said starting value is individually associated with;
- and
- (d) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein a plurality of said selections are each associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying each of said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to accept at least one of said plurality of starting values or risk at least one of said starting values to obtain at least one ending value;
- (c) providing the player each starting value, if any, the player accepts;
- (d) for each starting value, if any, the player risks:
- (i) enabling the player to individually associate said starting value with a picked selection;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on any formed ending values.
13 more elements
A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a starting value in the game;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein a plurality of said selections are each associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying the starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of starting portions, wherein each of said starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to accept at least one of said plurality of starting portions or risk at least one of said starting portions to obtain at least one ending portion;
- (d) providing the player each starting portion, if any, the player accepts;
- (e) for each starting portion, if any, the player risks:
- (i) enabling the player to individually associate said starting portion with a picked selection;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and any modifier associated with the picked selection;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on any formed ending portions.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a display device adapted to display the game;
- a plurality of starting values in the game, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- a plurality of selections in the game;
- a plurality of numerical modifiers in the game, wherein a plurality of said selections are each associated with one of said numerical modifiers;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to control the play of the game by:
- (a) displaying each of said starting values to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to forfeit at least one of said starting values in exchange for revealing a numerical modifier associated with at least one of the selections;
- (c) for each starting value forfeited, revealing the numerical modifier associated with one of the selections;
- (d) for each starting value not forfeited:
- (i) enabling the player to individually associate said starting value with a picked selection, regardless of whether said numerical modifier associated with said picked selection is revealed or not;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on any formed ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying each of a plurality of starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting values with a selection picked from a plurality of selections, wherein at least one of the selections is associated with at least one numerical modifier;
- (c) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (d) repeating steps (b) to (c) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting values;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a plurality of starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting values with a selection picked from a plurality of selections, wherein each of the selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- (c) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and said modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (d) repeating steps (b) to (c) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting values;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a plurality of different starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) enabling the player to select one of said provided starting values;
- (c) picking one of a plurality of selections, wherein a plurality of the selections are each associated with a modifier;
- (d) enabling the player to individually associate said picked starting value with said picked selection;
- (e) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (f) repeating steps (b) to (e) for each of said remaining provided unassociated starting values;
- and
- (g) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of different starting portions, wherein each of said different starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting portions with a selection picked from a plurality of selections, wherein each of the selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- (d) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and said modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (e) repeating steps (c) to (d) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting portions;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending portions.
4 more elements
A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of starting portions, wherein each of said starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to select one of said starting portions;
- (d) picking one of a plurality of selections, wherein each of the selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- (e) enabling the player to individually associate said picked starting portion with said picked selection;
- (f) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and said modifier associated with the picked selection;
- (g) repeating steps (c) to (f) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting portions;
- and
- (h) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending portions.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a starting amount to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting amount into a plurality of different starting portions, wherein each of said different starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to individually associate one of said starting portions with an investment related symbol picked from a plurality of investment related symbols, wherein each of the investment related symbols is associated with a numerical modifier;
- (d) forming an investment return amount based on said individually associated starting portion and said modifier associated with the picked investment related symbol;
- (e) repeating steps (c) to (d) for at least another one of said remaining unassociated starting portions;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on at least two of said investment return amounts
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a plurality of starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) enabling the player to individually associate a plurality of said starting values with a plurality of selections picked from a plurality of selections, wherein each of said selections is associated with one of a plurality of numerical modifiers;
- (c) forming a plurality of ending values, wherein each ending value is based on one of said starting values and said modifier associated with the picked selection which said starting value is individually associated with;
- and
- (d) providing the player an award based on at least two of said ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying each of a plurality starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) enabling the player to accept at least one of said plurality of starting values or risk at least one of said starting values to obtain at least one ending value;
- (c) providing the player each starting value, if any, the player accepts;
- (d) for each starting value, if any, the player risks:
- (i) enabling the player to individually associate said starting value with a selection picked from a plurality of selections, wherein at least one of said selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- and
- (e) providing the player an award based on any formed ending values.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying a starting value to a player;
- (b) enabling the player to divide said starting value into a plurality of starting portions, wherein each of said starting portions is greater than zero;
- (c) enabling the player to accept at least one of said plurality of starting values or risk at least one of said starting values to obtain at least one ending portion;
- (d) providing the player each starting portion, if any, the player accepts;
- (e) for each starting portion, if any, the player risks:
- (i) enabling the player to individually associate said starting portion with a selection picked from a plurality of selections, wherein at least one of said selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending portion based on said individually associated starting portion and any modifier associated with said picked selection;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on any formed ending portions.
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A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
- (a) displaying each of a plurality of starting values to a player, wherein each starting value is greater than zero;
- (b) displaying a plurality of selections to the player, wherein at least one of the selections is associated with a numerical modifier;
- (c) enabling the player to forfeit at least one of said starting values in exchange for revealing any numerical modifier associated with at least one of the selections;
- (d) revealing any numerical modifier associated with at least one of the selections for each starting value forfeited;
- (e) for each starting value not forfeited:
- (i) enabling a player to individually associate said starting value with a picked selection;
- and
- (ii) forming an ending value based on said individually associated starting value and any modifier associated with the picked selection regardless of whether said numerical modifier associated with said picked selection is revealed or not;
- and
- (f) providing the player an award based on any formed ending values.
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