Method and apparatus for a player-controllable bonus game
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a game of chance comprising:
- providing each of a plurality of players with at least one opportunity to qualify for play of a bonus game during play of a base game, each player of the plurality of players competing in the bonus game against others of the plurality of players by navigating a player marker on a bonus game field.
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Abstract
Gaming systems and methods where qualification for play of a bonus game is linked to play of a base game. Multiple players may qualify for the bonus game by achieving preselected criteria associated with play of the base game. The qualified players may participate in the bonus game and achieve a bonus game outcome based on the player'"'"'s skill or strategy. The bonus game outcome may allow the player to accumulate bonus awards. In addition, the bonus game outcome may impede or terminate the player'"'"'s movement in the bonus game. Each player'"'"'s movement in the bonus game may depend on his or her continued play in the base game. Each qualified player may also eliminate other qualified players by occupying the same space in the bonus game.
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62 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a game of chance comprising:
providing each of a plurality of players with at least one opportunity to qualify for play of a bonus game during play of a base game, each player of the plurality of players competing in the bonus game against others of the plurality of players by navigating a player marker on a bonus game field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of conducting a game of chance, comprising:
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effecting play of a base game upon initiation thereof by a player; and
upon an occurrence of at least one qualifying event in the base game, permitting the player to enter a bonus game played by a plurality of players, each of the plurality of players having an ability to eliminate at least one other of the plurality of players from the bonus game.
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32. A system for conducting a game of chance, comprising:
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a plurality of gaming machines, each configured for play of a base game by a plurality of players and networked for play of a bonus game, wherein each player of the plurality of players has an opportunity to qualify to compete in the bonus game against others of the plurality of players and to eliminate at least one player of the plurality from the bonus game; and
apparatus networked to each of the plurality of gaming machines and configured with the bonus game for play by the plurality of players. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for playing a game on a distributed network of game terminals controlled by a central controller comprising:
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placing a wager;
operating an underlying base game until a player qualifies for a bonus play mode;
inserting a player marker into a bonus game space after qualifying for the bonus play mode;
sequencing the player marker through the bonus game space as a function of the operation of the underlying base game;
steering the player marker with a directional control device to locate the player marker so as to provide the player a bonus award; and
paying out awards according to a payout schedule for the operation of the underlying base game. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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Specification