Wagering game with moveable bonus trigger to initiate bonus features
OwnerBenjamin Gomezinventor
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Abstract
A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game has a basic game and a bonus game. The gaming terminal includes a wager-input device. A display displays a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the basic game. The symbols indicate a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input received via the wager-input device. The symbols on the moveable reels include a start-bonus symbol. A moveable indicator randomly moves across the display during the basic game. The bonus game is triggered in response to the moveable indicator coinciding in location with the start-bonus symbol on the display when the moveable reels and the moveable indicator have stopped.
Claims34
A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game, comprising:
- a wager-input device;
- a display for displaying a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during said basic game, said symbols indicating a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input received via said wager-input device, said symbols including a start-bonus symbol;
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- a moveable indicator that randomly moves across said display during said basic game, in response to said moveable indicator coinciding in location with said start-bonus symbol on said display when said moveable reels and said moveable indicator have stopped, said bonus game being triggered.
A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game, comprising:
- a wager-input device for receiving wagers from a player;
- a display for displaying a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during said basic game, said symbols indicating a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to a wager input received via said wager-input device, a first combination of said symbols indicating a winning payout;
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- a moveable indicator that randomly moves across said display during said basic game, in response to said moveable indicator coinciding in location with one of said symbols in said first combination of symbols, an enhanced form of said winning payout being awarded.
A method of conducting a wagering game having a plurality of symbol-bearing reels with symbols thereon, said wagering game including a basic game and a bonus game, said method comprising:
- receiving a wager from a player;
- randomly selecting a game outcome from a plurality of outcomes in response to said wager;
- displaying said game outcome for said basic game as symbols on said plurality of symbol-bearing reels in alignment along at least one payline;
- moving a moveable indicator across said symbol-bearing reels;
- stopping said moveable indicator at a location on at least one of said plurality of symbol-bearing reels;
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- in response to said location of said moveable indicator coinciding with a start-bonus symbol on one of said plurality of symbol-bearing reels, triggering said bonus game.
A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game having a basic game and a bonus game, comprising:
- at least one display;
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- a controller coupled to said display and programmed to move symbols on a plurality of moveable reels across said display to indicate an outcome of said basic game,
- move a moveable indicator across said display during said basic game, and
- in response to a stopped location of said moveable indicator coinciding with a start-bonus symbol on one of said plurality of symbol-bearing reels, trigger said bonus game.
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