Gaming device having a bonus game with multiple player selectable award opportunities
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1. A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of groups of award opportunities;
at least two related award opportunities in each of the groups;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
an indicator adapted to simultaneously indicate at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the award opportunities in a randomly selected group, enable a player to choose one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player with an outcome resulting from the indicated award opportunity picked by the player.
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Abstract
A gaming device and method having a game with multiple player selectable award opportunities. In one embodiment, the gaming device displays a plurality of groups to a player. Each of the groups include related award opportunities. An indicator simultaneously indicates at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups. The player chooses one of the indicated award opportunities and receives the outcome which results from the indicated award opportunity picked by the player. In one embodiment, the average expected values of the outcomes which result from the indicated award opportunities in each group are approximately equal.
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128 Claims
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1. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of groups of award opportunities;
at least two related award opportunities in each of the groups;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
an indicator adapted to simultaneously indicate at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the award opportunities in a randomly selected group, enable a player to choose one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player with an outcome resulting from the indicated award opportunity picked by the player. - 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, 27)
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25. A gaming device comprising:
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a wheel including a plurality of sections;
a plurality of groups of award opportunities associated with said sections on the wheel;
at least two related award opportunities in each of the groups;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
at least one section indicator; and
a processor operable to cause said section indicator to move to simultaneously indicate the related award opportunities in one of the groups associated with the sections on the wheel, enable a player to select one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player at least one of the outcomes associated with the award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 103, 104, 109)
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48. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of pairs of related award opportunities;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
at least one indicator which indicates one of the pairs of related award opportunities; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate one of the pairs of related award opportunities, enable a player to choose one of the award opportunities in the indicated pair of related award opportunities and provide the player with the outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player from the indicated pair. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of pairs of related award opportunities;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
at least one indicator which indicates the pairs of related award opportunities; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate one of the pairs of related award opportunities, enable a player to choose one of the award opportunities in one of the indicated pairs of related award opportunities and provides the player with the outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player from the indicated pairs.
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59. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of groups of bonus events;
at least two related bonus events in each group;
a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes associated with each of the bonus events;
at least one indicator which indicates the bonus events in one of the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the bonus events in one of the groups, enable a player to choose one of the indicated bonus events and provide the player with the outcome associated with the bonus event picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of groups including related award opportunities;
a plurality of outcomes associated with the award opportunities;
an indicator which indicates award opportunities in the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the award opportunities in the groups, enable a player to choose one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player with any outcomes associated with the indicated award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of bonus events;
a plurality of groups of award opportunities wherein at least one of the award opportunities in each of the groups includes at least one of the bonus events;
a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes associated with each of the award opportunities;
at least one indicator which indicates the award opportunities in one of the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups, enable a player to choose one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player with the outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of groups of bonus events;
a plurality of groups of award opportunities wherein at least one of the award opportunities in each of the groups includes at least one of the bonus events from the groups of bonus events;
a plurality of outcomes, at least one of the outcomes associated with each of the award opportunities;
at least one indicator which indicates the award opportunities in one of the groups; and
a processor operable to cause the indicator to indicate at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups, enable a player to choose one of the indicated award opportunities and provide the player with the outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a plurality of groups, each group including at least two related award opportunities;
(b) randomly selecting one of the groups and simultaneously indicating at least two of the award opportunities in said groups;
(c) enabling the player to select one of the indicated award opportunities; and
(d) providing an outcome associated with the indicated award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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105. A method of operating a gaming device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a plurality of groups on a wheel, each group including at least two related award opportunities;
(b) randomly selecting one of the groups and simultaneously indicating at least two of the award opportunities in one of the groups on the wheel;
(c) enabling the player to select one of the indicated award opportunities; and
(d) providing an outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (106, 107, 108)
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110. A method of operating a gaming device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a plurality of groups to a player, each group including related award opportunities;
(b) indicating at least two of the related award opportunities in the groups, wherein a plurality of outcomes are associated with each of the award opportunities;
(c) enabling the player to select one of the indicated award opportunities; and
(d) providing the player the outcome associated with the award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114)
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115. A method for operating a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a plurality of groups, each group including at least two related award opportunities, at least one of the award opportunities including a bonus event;
(b) randomly selecting and associating a bonus event from a plurality of bonus events to at least one of the award opportunities in each group;
(c) randomly selecting one of the groups and simultaneously indicating at least two of the award opportunities in said groups;
(d) enabling the player to select one of the indicated award opportunities; and
(e) providing an outcome associated with the indicated award opportunity picked by the player. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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