US 8,784,183 B2 · Gaming system, gaming device, and method for displaying indications of awards that could have been won

Abstract

A gaming system, gaming device, and method which provide a display of one or more missed awards based on one or more numbers generated by a random number generator (“RNG”) for possible use in determining a randomly generated outcome for a play of a game, but which are not used to determine any outcome for the play of the game. The unused or unemployed RNG numbers: (a) may be the numbers generated by the RNG before the numbers which are actually used or employed for that play of the game (i.e., the employed numbers); (b) may be the numbers generated by the RNG after the numbers which are used or employed for that play of the game; or (c) if no plays of the game are occurring, the numbers unused numbers generated by the RNG at one or more points in time.

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Dependent claims

A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;
at least one display device;
at least one processor;
and
and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to:
after a player activates a play of a game at a specific point in time, cause a first display of any awards generated for the play of the game;
and
cause a second display of a missed award that would have been generated for said play of the game if the player activated said play of the game at a different point in time prior to or after the specific point in time that the player activated said play of the game.

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A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;
at least one display device;
at least one processor;
and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a play of a game, to:
(a) when a player activates a play button of the at least one input device for the play of the game, use a first designated quantity of numbers from a series of numbers generated by one of a pseudo-random number generator and a random number generator to determine an outcome of the play of the game;
(b) display the outcome of the play of the game;
(c) determine and display any awards associated with the outcome of the play of the game;
(d) provide said awards to the player;
(e) use a second designated quantity of the numbers from the series of numbers generated by one of the pseudo-random number generator and the random number generator to determine an alternative outcome for the same play of the game;
and
(f) determine and display any missed awards associated with said alternative outcome for the same play of the game, without providing any of said awards associated with said alternative outcome to the player.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gaming system, gaming device, and method for displaying indications of awards that could have been won

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Gaming system, gaming device, and method for displaying indications of awards that could have been won

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