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US 6,602,135 B1Granted
Gaming device having a changing multiple selection set bonus scheme
AssigneeIgt
InventorPeter Gerrard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a gaming device and method having a bonus round, where the bonus round forms a plurality of sets of symbols from a plurality of symbols, and enables the player to predict which set of symbols will include a randomly determined symbol. If the player predicts correctly, the player receives a bonus and the bonus round continues. If the player is wrong, the bonus round terminates.
Claims6
A gaming device having a bonus round comprising:
- a controller;
- a plurality of symbols;
- means for forming at least two selection sets of the symbols, wherein each selection set includes zero, one or a plurality of the symbols;
- means connected to the controller for enabling a player to input one of said selection sets;
- means for selecting one of said symbols, whereby the player obtains an award if the player correctly inputted the selection set including the selected symbol;
- and
- means for reforming said selection sets from said plurality of symbols for at least one further input by the player, wherein each reformed selection set includes zero, one or a plurality of the symbols.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of symbols;
- a display device;
- and
- a processor operable with said display device to form and display at least two selection sets, wherein each selection set includes zero, one or a plurality of said symbols, enable a player to input one of said selection sets, randomly select and display one of said symbols, provide the player an award if the player correctly inputted the selection set which includes the selected symbol and reform said selection sets from said plurality of symbols for at least one further input of one of the reformed selection sets by the player, wherein said reformed selection sets are based on said selected symbol and include zero, one or a plurality of said symbols.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.