Electronic Gaming System and Method with Dynamic Wheel
AssigneeSpin Games LLC
InventorKent Young
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Abstract
A gaming system and method for use in one or more casino establishments for offering a secondary game initiated after a loss. The gaming machine and method are offered on electronic gaming machines such as slot machines and video poker machines, but may also be deployed in other forms such as on a general purpose computing device in stand-alone form or connected to a network such as the internet.
Claims19
An electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) on which a player plays a base game with an opportunity to play a bonus game, comprising:
- a random number generator for generating random numbers that determine the outcome of a base game and that correspond to a predefined set of game outcomes including winning and losing outcomes;
- a first display for displaying game play screens including game outcomes to a player;
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- a controller for controlling game play on the electronic gaming machine that determines whether the player is entitled to a bonus game;
- a second display with a shaped bezel for showing the bonus game in the form of a wheel having multiple segments, wherein each segment has a dynamically defined award for a particular game and the second display shows the dynamically defined value of at least one segment as a video overlay on top of the wheel during a time period that the wheel is spinning.
A method of playing a game on an electronic gaming machine (“EGM”) having a controller that executes a random number generator program implemented in software a first display and a second display with a bezel for showing a wheel, comprising:
- selecting a base game random number by the controller that is converted to a base game outcome wherein the base game outcome is one of a plurality of outcomes in a predefined set including winning outcomes, losing outcomes and bonus outcomes that entitle a player to play a bonus game;
- determining whether the base game outcome is a bonus outcome;
- displaying the base game outcome on the first display;
- offering a bonus game on a second display when the base game outcome is determined to be a bonus outcome;
- selecting a bonus game random number that is converted to a bonus game outcome for the bonus game wherein the bonus game outcome is one of a plurality of outcomes in a predefined set;
- displaying a bonus game outcome on the second display in the form of a wheel having multiple segments, wherein each segment is a dynamically defined award for a particular game and wherein the bonus game shows the dynamically defined value of at least one segment as a video overlay on top of the wheel during a time period that the wheel is spinning;
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- awarding a prize in accordance with the bonus game outcome.
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