Gaming machine with virtual opponent feature
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorDarryl W. Hughes
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Abstract
A gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager includes a chance game feature. The chance game feature includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is associated with the processor and randomly generates a first bonus. The second portion is associated with the player and randomly generates a second bonus. The processor awards the first bonus to the player in response to the second portion prevailing over the first portion in a competition between the first and second portions. The processor preferably awards the second bonus to the player, regardless of the winner of the competition.
Claims22
A chance game feature for a gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, the chance game feature comprising:
- a first portion associated with the processor and a first bonus, and
- second portion associated with a player and a second bonus, the second portion competing with the first portion in a competition between the first and second portions, the competition between said first portion and said second portion randomly generates said first and second bonuses;
- the processor awarding the first bonus to the player only in response to meeting predetermined criteria.
A chance game feature for a gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, the chance game feature comprising:
- a first portion associated with the processor and a first bonus;
- and
- a second portion associated with the player and a second bonus;
- the processor awarding the first bonus to the player in response to the second portion prevailing over the first portion in a competition between the first and second portions, the competition between said first portion and said second portion randomly generates said first and second bonuses.
A gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, the gaming machine comprising:
- a basic game of chance including a start-bonus outcome;
- and
- a bonus game of chance triggered by the start-bonus outcome and including a game feature, the game feature including first and second portions, the first portion being associated with the processor and a first bonus, the second portion being associated with a player and a second bonus, the second portion competing with the first portion, the competition between said first portion and said second portion randomly generates said first and second bonuses, the game feature awarding the first bonus to the player only in response to meeting predetermined criteria.
A method of operating a chance game feature for a gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, the method comprising:
- providing a first game portion associated with the processor and a second game portion associated with the player;
- playing a competition between the first and second game portions to randomly generate respective first and second bonuses;
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- awarding the first bonus to the player only in response to meeting predetermined criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.