Wagering game with high-payout percentage gaming feature
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsJeremy Hornik, Dion Aoki, Joel Jaffe, James Poole
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Abstract
A wagering game system is provided and includes a gaming system for playing a wagering game, including an input device adapted to receive an input from a player of the wagering game, a processor configured to determine a wagering game outcome, and a gambling feature incorporating a game in which a player is statistically more likely to win than to lose, wherein the gambling feature is enabled by a wagering game outcome that includes a winning combination.
Claims26
A gaming system for playing a wagering game, comprising:
- an input device adapted to receive an input from a player of a base wagering game and output a signal to a processor;
- a processor configured to randomly select a base wagering game outcome from a plurality of base wagering game outcomes;
- and
- a gambling feature incorporating a game in which a player is statistically more likely to win than to lose, said gambling feature being enabled in response to said base wagering game outcome being a start-gambling feature outcome.
A gaming system for playing a wagering game, comprising:
- a gaming terminal including a display for displaying a wagering game and a wagering game outcome;
- and
- a processor associated with said gaming terminal and being configured to,
- upon execution of a corresponding instruction set,
- enable a gambling feature in response to a wagering game outcome corresponding to a winning outcome;
- define a plurality of possible outcomes of the gambling feature;
- associate a majority of said possible plurality of possible outcomes of the gambling feature with a winning gambling feature;
- present the gambling feature on the display for player input;
- and
- receive an input corresponding to the gambling feature by a player through a gaming terminal input device.
A method of playing a wagering game, comprising:
- receiving a wager for a wagering game;
- determining an outcome of the wagering game;
- displaying on a display the outcome of the wagering game;
- and
- enabling a gambling feature if the game outcome includes a start-gambling feature outcome,
- wherein the gambling feature comprises a game in which a player is statistically more likely to win than to lose.
A gaming terminal connected to a network for playing a base wagering game, comprising:
- at least one display for displaying a base wagering game conducted at said gaming terminal;
- wherein, in response to at least one winning combination at a gaming terminal during a base wagering game, a controller initiates at the gaming terminal a gambling feature game having odds favoring the player of the gaming terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.