Slot Machine Bonus Round With Color Picking Game
OwnerIgnacio Gersoninventor
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Abstract
A slot machine method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a color (or other attribute) guessing game, wherein a player can guess colors associated with each a plurality of elements (e.g., doors, boxes, etc.) After each guess, the player is then presented with the individual colors that the player guessed correctly, and the player can guess again. The player will continue to guess until the player has correctly identified each element's respective attribute. The player is then given a monetary award based on a number of guesses that the player took to guess all of the elements correctly.
Claims20
A method to play a bonus game, the method comprising:
- displaying at least two first elements;
- displaying at least two second elements, a number of second elements being equal to a number of first elements;
- determining randomly at least two preselected associations between each of the first elements and the second elements;
- a number of preselected associations being equal to the number of first elements;
- allowing a player to input at least two guessed associations;
- identifying correctly guessed associations which comprise each of the guessed associations that matches preselected associations;
- outputting to the player the correctly guessed associations;
- permitting the player to continue the allowing, identifying, and outputting, until the identifying identifies that all guessed associations match all preselected associations, upon which the bonus round is completed;
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- awarding an award based on a number of guesses required by the player until the bonus round is completed.
An apparatus to play a bonus game, the apparatus comprising:
- a processing unit to perform:
- displaying at least two first elements;
- displaying at least two second elements, a number of second elements being equal to a number of first elements;
- determining randomly at least two preselected associations between each of the first elements and the second elements;
- a number of preselected associations being equal to the number of first elements;
- allowing a player to input at least two guessed associations;
- identifying correctly guessed associations which comprise each of the guessed associations that matches preselected associations;
- outputting to the player the correctly guessed associations;
- permitting the player to continue the allowing, identifying, and outputting, until the identifying identifies that all guessed associations match all preselected associations, upon which the bonus round is completed;
- awarding an award based on a number of guesses required by the player until the bonus round is completed;
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- an output device to output results of the processing unit.
An apparatus to play a bonus game, the apparatus comprising:
- displaying at least two mechanical slot reels, each reel comprising a plurality of symbols;
- determining at least two random symbols for each reel, each random symbol corresponding to each of the at least two slot reels;
- allowing a player to rotate each of the at least two mechanical slot reels to display a guessed symbol on each reel, the guessed symbol selected by the player;
- identifying which guessed symbols match corresponding random symbols;
- permitting the player to repeat the allowing and identifying until all guessed symbols match corresponding random symbols;
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- awarding an award to the player based on a number of times the allowing is performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.