Gaming device having multiple selection groups with randomly aligning advances
First Claim
1. A gaming device comprising:
- a plurality of selection groups;
a plurality of selections in each of said selection groups;
a plurality of advances adapted to be associated with the selections, wherein at least one selection of each of the different selection groups has one of said advances associated with said selection;
a number of picks from the selection groups adapted to be provided to a player;
an advance award adapted to be provided to the player if;
(a) the player picks one of the selections with an associated advance, (b) said advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups, and (c) another one of the advances is associated with said selection caused to be picked by the advance; and
a display device adapted to display the selection groups, advances and advance award.
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Abstract
A gaming device include a game having a plurality of selection groups and a final jackpot award. The game provides the player with a number of picks with which the player uses to attempt to pick selections in the groups. The number of picks in one preferred embodiment is not enough to allow the player to pick once from every group. The game requires that one advance symbol must yield another advance symbol for the player to reach a jackpot award. That is, the player has to pick an advance symbol from a first group that yields automatically an advance symbol from a second group. The player then advances through the second group without consuming a second pick to a third group or to the jackpot award.
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55 Claims
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1. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of selection groups;
a plurality of selections in each of said selection groups;
a plurality of advances adapted to be associated with the selections, wherein at least one selection of each of the different selection groups has one of said advances associated with said selection;
a number of picks from the selection groups adapted to be provided to a player;
an advance award adapted to be provided to the player if;
(a) the player picks one of the selections with an associated advance, (b) said advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups, and (c) another one of the advances is associated with said selection caused to be picked by the advance; and
a display device adapted to display the selection groups, advances and advance award. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of selection groups;
a plurality of selections in each of said selection groups;
a plurality of advances adapted to be associated with the selections, wherein at least one selection of each of the different selection groups has one of said advances associated with said selection;
a number of picks from the selection groups adapted to be provided to a player;
an award adapted to be provided to the player if;
(a) the player picks one of the selections with an associated advance, (b) said advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups, and (c) another one of the advances is associated with said picked selection caused to be picked by the advance, and at least one pick is remaining; and
a display device adapted to display the selection groups, advances and award. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of selection groups;
a plurality of selections in each of said selection groups;
a plurality of advances adapted to be associated with the selections, wherein at least one selection of each of the different selection groups has one of said advances associated with said selection;
a number of picks from the selection groups adapted to be provided to a player;
an award adapted to be provided to the player if for each of two picks by the player;
(a) the player picks one of the selections with an associated advance, (b) said advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups, and (c) another one of the advances is associated with said selection caused to be picked by the advance; and
a display device adapted to display the selection groups, advances and award. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of selection groups;
a plurality of selections in each of said selection groups;
a plurality of advances adapted to be associated with the selections, wherein at least one selection of each of the different selection groups has one of said advances associated with said selection;
a number of picks from the selection groups adapted to be provided to a player;
an advance award adapted to be provided to the player if;
(a) the player picks one of the selections with an associated advance, (b) said advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups, (c) a second one of the advances is associated with said selection caused to be picked by the advance;
(d) said second advance causes the pick of one of the selections associated with a subsequent one of the selection groups or the advance award; and
a display device adapted to display the selection groups, advances and advance award.
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38. A gaming device comprising:
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a plurality of first selections;
a first advance associated with one of the first selections;
a plurality of second selections, wherein each of the first selections is individually associated with one of the second selections;
an advance award adapted to be provided to a player if the first selection picked generates the first advance and a second advance is generated by the second selection associated with the picked first selection and provided via the first advance; and
a display device operable to display said first selections, first advance, second selections, second advance and advance award. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. A method of operating a gaming device including a wagering game, said method comprising:
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(a) enabling a player to pick from a first selection group until the player picks a first advancement;
(b) if the first advancement does not generate a second advancement in a second selection group, enabling the player to pick from the second selection group until the player picks the second advancement in the second selection group; and
(c) providing an advance award to the player for advancing through each of the groups if a number of picks used to advance through the groups is less than or equal to a provided number of picks. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:
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(a) enabling a player to pick from a first selection group until the player picks a first advancement;
(b) if the first advancement does not generate a second advancement in a second selection group, enabling the player to pick from the second selection group until the player picks the second advancement; and
(c) providing an advance award to the player for advancing through the groups within a specification number of player picks, wherein a second advancement is obtained without counting against the number of picks if it is generated directly after the first advancement is generated. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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Specification