# US 2019/0295380 A1 · Enhanced electronic gaming machines providing selectively volatile wager outcomes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0295380 A1 - Document ID: US20190295380A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/936,115 - Filed: 2018-03-26 - Published: 2019-09-26 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-26 - Assignees: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited - Applicants: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited - Inventors: Michael P. Casey; David Michael Smith; Jose Antonio Uberuaga; Joshua Wade Davis; Kelton F. Flinn; Zhao Ming Fei; Kenner Scott Warren - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190295380A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/3276: {wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament} - G07F 17/3213: {Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members} - G07F 17/323: {wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions} - G07F 17/3262: {Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played} - G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking} - G07F 17/3216: {Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects} - G07F 17/3239: {Tracking of individual players} - G07F 17/3246: {involving coins and/or banknotes} - G07F 17/3248: {involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value} - G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A bingo gaming system, machine, and method include a main bingo game, a feature bingo game, a main reel game associated with the main bingo game, and a feature reel game associated with the feature bingo game. The main reel game simulates outcomes of the main bingo game. The feature reel game simulates outcomes of the feature bingo game. A feature bingo game may be triggered by a main bingo game outcome. Before the feature bingo game begins, a player may be given an opportunity to select a volatility option for the feature bingo game. The volatility selection may impact the probability of winning the feature bingo game (and/or feature reel game), as well as the reward(s) associated with winning the feature bingo game (and/or feature reel game). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for providing selectively volatile wager outcomes, comprising: a credit input configured to receive a credit item and increase a credit balance based on the monetary value of the credit item; a credit output configured to provide a payout associated with the credit balance; a user interface configured to receive a user input; a display; and a game controller configured to: decrease the credit balance based on a wager, display a main bingo card, a list of bingo numbers, and a main bingo game outcome in response to the wager, simulate a spinning reel game on the display based on the main bingo game outcome, wherein the spinning reel game has a main reel game outcome, receive a selected volatility option from among a plurality of displayed volatility options, receive a feature bingo card and a feature bingo game outcome, wherein the feature bingo game outcome is based at least in part on the feature bingo card, the selected volatility option, and the list of bingo numbers, and wherein the feature bingo game outcome is associated with a feature bingo game reward, simulate a feature spinning reel game on the display based on the feature bingo game outcome, wherein the feature spinning reel game is associated with a feature reel game outcome, and wherein the feature reel game outcome is associated with the feature bingo game reward, and increase the credit balance based on the feature bingo game reward. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a symbol matrix is shown on the display at an end of the spinning reel game, wherein the symbol matrix comprises one or more feature symbols. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of volatility options comprises a number of wild symbols and a number of free spins. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected volatility option is received via the user interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected volatility option comprises a selected number of free spins and a selected number of wild symbols ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the game controller is configured to simulate the feature spinning reel game a selected number of times, wherein the selected number of times is equal to the selected number of free spins. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the game controller is configured to show a number of wild symbols on the display during simulation of the feature spinning reel game, wherein the number of wild symbols is equal to the selected number of wild symbols. ### Claim 8 A method of providing selectively volatile wager outcomes, comprising: displaying, on a display screen, and in response to a wager, a main bingo game comprising a main bingo card and a list of bingo numbers; determining a main bingo game outcome based at least in part on the main bingo card and the list of bingo numbers; animating, on the display screen, a spinning reel game, wherein the spinning reel game has a reel game outcome associated with the main bingo game outcome, and wherein the reel game outcome is associated with a feature bingo game award; prompting selection of a volatility option from among of a plurality of volatility options in response to the feature bingo game award, wherein the plurality of volatility options are displayed on the display screen; receiving a selected volatility option; displaying a feature bingo card; determining a feature bingo game outcome, wherein the feature bingo game outcome is based at least in part on the feature bingo card, the list of bingo numbers, and a feature bingo game pay table, wherein the feature bingo game pay table is based, at least in part, on the selected volatility option, and wherein the feature bingo game outcome is associated with a feature bingo game reward; animating, on the display screen, a feature spinning reel game, wherein the feature spinning reel game has a feature reel game outcome associated with the feature bingo game outcome; and increasing a credit balance based on the feature bingo game reward. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising decreasing the credit balance based on the wager. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein determining the main bingo game outcome comprises receiving the main bingo outcome from a remote gaming server and determining the feature bingo game outcome comprises receiving the feature bingo game outcome from the remote gaming server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the main bingo game outcome is based at least in part on a main bingo game pay table, wherein the main bingo card is different from the feature bingo card, and wherein the main bingo game pay table is different from the feature bingo game pay table. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein a symbol matrix is displayed on the display screen at an end of the spinning reel game, wherein the main reel game pay table associates the symbol matrix with the main bingo game outcome. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the selected volatility option includes a selected number of free spins and a selected number of wild symbols. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the feature spinning reel game is successively animated a selected number of times, wherein the selected number of times is equal to the selected number of free spins. ### Claim 15 A system for providing selectively volatile wager outcomes, comprising: a gaming server configured to generate a list of bingo numbers and transmit a main bingo card and a feature bingo card; and a gaming device in communication with the gaming server, comprising: a credit input configured to receive a credit item and increase a credit balance based on the monetary value of the credit item; a credit output configured to provide a payout associated with the credit balance; a user interface configured to receive a user input; a display; and a game controller configured to: decrease the credit balance based on a wager, display the main bingo card, a list of bingo numbers, and a main bingo game outcome in response to the wager, simulate a spinning reel game on the display based on the main bingo game outcome, wherein the spinning reel game has a main reel game outcome, receive a selected volatility option from among a plurality of displayed volatility options, receive a feature bingo card and a feature bingo game outcome, wherein the feature bingo game outcome is based at least in part on the feature bingo card, the selected volatility option, and the list of bingo numbers, and wherein the feature bingo game outcome is associated with a feature bingo game reward, simulate a feature spinning reel game on the display based on the feature bingo game outcome, wherein the feature spinning reel game is associated with a feature reel game outcome, and wherein the feature reel game outcome is associated with the feature bingo game reward, and increase the credit balance based on the feature bingo game reward. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the game controller is configured to send the gaming server a wager notification in response to the wager, and the gaming server is configured to transmit the main bingo card to the gaming device in response to the wager notification. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the gaming server is configured to transmit the feature bingo card to the gaming device in response to the selected volatility option. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the gaming server is configured to generate the list of bingo numbers until a game ending win is achieved. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein a symbol matrix is shown on the display at an end of the spinning reel game, wherein the symbol matrix comprises one or more feature symbols. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the selected volatility option is received via the user interface.