Gaming device having free game Keno
AssigneeIgt
InventorAnthony J. Baerlocher
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved Keno game, which provides an opportunity for the player to win free games. In Keno, the player chooses an amount of numbers to play, usually one to fifteen, and plays against the house. The game or house randomly generates numbers, usually twenty numbers from the numbers one to eighty. The number of matches generated and the amount of numbers the player plays determines whether and how much the player wins. One or more of the random generations is also a free game generation in the present invention, which provides one or more free Keno games to the player if the free game generation results in a match.
Claims33
A method of operating a gaming device including a plurality of instructions, the method comprising:
- (a) causing at least one input device to, upon receiving an input of a wager by a player, enable the player to select a first amount of a plurality of different numbers;
- (b) causing at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly generate a second amount of the plurality of different numbers in at least one random generation;
- (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to designate at least one of the generated numbers as a free game number;
- (d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to award the player based on how many of the player selected numbers match the generated numbers;
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- (e) causing at least one display device to display a free game if the designated free game number matches one of the numbers selected by the player.
A method of operating a gaming device including a Keno game and a plurality of instructions, the method comprising:
- (a) causing at least one input device to enable a player to make an input of a wager;
- (b) after the input of the wager by the player, causing at least one display device to display a plurality of different numbers;
- (c) causing the at least one input device to enable the player to select a first amount of the plurality of different numbers;
- (d) causing at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly generate a second amount of the plurality of different numbers in at least one random generation;
- (e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to designate at least one of the generated numbers as a free game number;
- (f) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to award the player based on how many of the player selected numbers match the generated numbers;
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- (g) causing the at least one display device to display a free game if the designated free game number matches one of the numbers selected by the player.
A computer readable medium comprising:
- a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a gaming system, cause the gaming system to:
- (i) enable a player to select a first amount of a plurality of different numbers;
- (ii) randomly generate a second amount of the plurality of different numbers in at least one random generation;
- (iii) designate at least one of the generated numbers as a free game number;
- (iv) display an award, the award based on how many of the player selected numbers match the generated numbers;
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- (v) display a free game if the designated free game number matches one of the numbers selected by the player.
A computer readable medium comprising:
- a plurality of instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a gaming system, cause the gaming system to:
- (i) display a plurality of different numbers;
- (ii) enable a player to select a first amount of the plurality of different numbers;
- (iii) randomly generate a second amount of the plurality of different numbers in at least one random generation;
- (iv) designate at least one of the generated numbers as a free game number;
- (v) display an award, the award based on how many of the player selected numbers match the generated numbers;
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- (vi) display a free game if the designated free game number matches one of the numbers selected by the player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.