Gaming apparatus and method
AssigneeIgt
InventorAnthony Baerlocher
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Abstract
A gaming apparatus includes a wager receipt mechanism and a player interface each having a display device, a payout device, and a processor. A processor is coupled with the wager receipt mechanism, the player interface, the payout device and operating under stored program control. A stored program control is operable for displaying an array of first indicia respectively masking second indicia on the display. A first indicia is player-selectable for revealing the associated second indicia in an attempt to reveal at least one matching group of second indicia. A stored program control is operable to select a pay value, from a plurality of possible pay values, and associate the selected pay value with at least one of the second indicia from the at least one matching group of second indicia.
Claims24
A gaming apparatus comprising:
- a wager receipt mechanism
- a player interface including a display device;
- a payout device;
- and
- a processor coupled to the wager receipt mechanism and to the player interface and to the payout device and operating under stored program control,
- the stored program control operable for displaying an array of first indicia respectively masking second indicia on the display, the first indicia being player-selectable for revealing the associated second indicia in an attempt to reveal at least one matching group of second indicia, said second indicia being characters or the like that are not pay values,
- the stored program control operable to select first and second pay values, from a plurality of possible pay values, and to randomly associate the selected first pay value with at least one of the second indicia from a first matching group of second indicia and to randomly associate the selected second pay value with at least one of the second indicia from a second matching group of second indicia,
- the stored program control operable for displaying the pay value on the display in an area separate from the first and second indicia.
A gaming method comprising:
- presenting to a player a set of a plurality of masked indicia;
- providing for player selection of and revealing of the indicia in an attempt to reveal at least one group of matching indicia on a display;
- selecting a first pay value, from a plurality of possible pay values, wherein the first selected pay value is randomly associated with a first group of matching indicia;
- selecting a second pay value from the plurality of possible values;
- randomly associating the second selected pay value with at least one of the indicia from a second group of matching indicia;
- displaying the pay values on the display in an area separate from the indicia;
- and
- paying the player revealing one of the groups of matching indicia an amount equal to the pay value associated with that group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.