Gaming device including awards that generate another award

• US 20030064780A1
• Filed: 09/28/2001
• Published: 04/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Glavich, Paulina, Baerlocher, Anthony J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,796,902 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

The present invention includes a gaming device and preferably a bonus round of a gaming device having a processor and a game that presents one or more selectable choices to a player. After a selection is made, the processor accesses an award database and generates an award for the player. Certain awards of the database provide pecuniary gain outcomes, such as a gaming device credit or a game multiplier. One or more supplementing awards of the database include a pecuniary gain outcome and an additional award generation outcome.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

a processor;

a plurality of selections;

a plurality of awards associated with said selections; and

at least one supplementing award adapted to be provided to a player by the processor, said supplementing awards associated with at least one of said selections, each supplementing award including an award and at least one additional award generation.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the selections are player selectable.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes at least one database of said awards and said supplementing awards accessible by the processor.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a plurality of databases accessible by the processor, wherein each database has a number of awards and at least one supplementing award.

5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein each award generation provides a number of game credits or a game credit multiplier.

6. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein an award generation includes providing a randomly generated award, a predetermined award or a number of free games.

7. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein an award generation includes an additional selection.

8. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein said additional selection is one of the plurality of selections not previously selected.

9. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein said award generation yields another supplementing award.

10. The gaming device of claim 9, wherein said another supplementing award is associated with one of the plurality of selections not previously selected.

11. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of supplementing awards are displayed on an electromechanical device controlled by the processor.

12. The gaming device of claim 1, which includes a supplementing award limit defining a maximum number of supplementing awards associated with said selections.

13. A gaming device comprising:

a processor;

a plurality of selections;

a plurality of awards associated with said selections; and

at least one supplementing award associated with said selections and adapted to be provided to a player by the processor, said supplementing award including an award and a random award generation.

14. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein the processor randomly generates a supplementing award from among the plurality of awards.

15. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein the selections are player selectable.

16. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein said award associated with said supplementing award is a game credit or a game credit multiplier.

17. The gaming device of claim 13, wherein said random award generation yields an award, a supplementing award, an additional pick of a selection or a free game.

18. The gaming device of claim 13, which includes storage means accessible by the processor for storing a plurality of groups of awards and supplementing awards.

19. A gaming device comprising:

a processor;

a plurality of awards; and

a plurality of supplementing awards adapted to be provided to a player by the processor, each of said supplementing awards including one of the awards and an award generation that chooses one of the plurality of awards.

20. The gaming device of claim 19, wherein the award generation chooses from remaining unselected awards of the plurality of awards.

21. A gaming device comprising:

a display device; and

a processor adapted to communicate with said display device;

said display device and said processor adapted to;

(a) enable a player to pick at least one selection from a plurality of selections;

(b) generate a supplementing award associated with one of said selections;

(c) provide an award associated with said supplementing award; and

(d) provide an award generation associated with said supplementing award.

22. The gaming device of claim 21, wherein said display device and said processor are adapted to provide at least one additional supplementing award as an outcome of the award generation.

23. The gaming device of claim 21, wherein said display device and said processor are adapted to provide at least one additional selection as an outcome of the award generation.

24. The gaming device of claim 21, wherein said award generation is a random generation.

25. A gaming device comprising:

a display device; and

a processor adapted to communicate with said display device;

said display device and said processor adapted to;

(a) enable a player to pick at least one selection from a plurality of selections;

(b) generate a supplementing award associated with one of said selections;

(c) provide an award associated with said supplementing award; and

(d) provide an award generation associated with said supplementing award, wherein said award generation yields another supplementing award.