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US 6,796,905 B2Granted
Gaming device having improved award offer bonus scheme
AssigneeIgt
InventorsAnthony J. Baerlocher, Joseph E. Kaminkow, Gregg J. Palmer
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Abstract
The present invention is a gaming device having an improved award offer bonus scheme wherein the player may improve their award during the bonus round. The bonus game enables the player to select an award offer from a plurality of award offers. The gaming device enables the player to modify the selected award offer, creating a subsequent or modified award, with the idea of increasing the award offer to receive a greater or higher award during a bonus game.
Claims22
A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of positions;
- a plurality of position moves;
- an award associated with each position which is adapted to be offered to the player;
- a display device for displaying said positions, position moves and awards to the player;
- an offer acceptor associated with at least one position for enabling the player to accept the award associated with said position offered to the player;
- and
- a processor for communicating with the display device and said offer acceptor, wherein the processor, display device and offer acceptor are adapted to:
- offer to the player the award associated with at least one of the positions, enable the player to accept said award or obtain one of the position moves if said position is not a final position, offer to the player at least one award associated with a new position which is based on the initial position and one of said position moves.
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A gaming device comprising:
- a game;
- a plurality of ranked positions in the game;
- an offer associated with each position in the game;
- an initial position ranking in the game;
- a plurality of position moves in the game;
- a random generation device operable with the game, wherein said random generation device is adapted to generate the position moves from said plurality of position moves for the game;
- at least one new position ranking in the game, each new position ranking being based on the initial ranking and at least one generated position move;
- and
- means for enabling a player to accept the offer associated with the initial position ranking and each offer associated with each new position ranking.
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