Wagering game with enhancement feature for allowing additional wager during performance of the wagering game
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1. A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game, comprising:
- a display for displaying a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game, the symbols indicating a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes; and
a wager-input device, wherein after at least a first one of the moveable reels has started spinning, an opportunity to make an additional wager via the wager-input device is presented while at least one of the moveable reels is still spinning, the additional wager allowing for an enhancement of an outcome after all of the moveable reels have stopped spinning.
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Abstract
A gaming terminal is utilized for playing a wagering game. The gaming terminal includes a wager-input device and a display for displaying a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game. The symbols indicate a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes. After at least a first one of the moveable reels has started spinning, an opportunity to make an additional wager via the wager-input device is presented while at least one of the moveable reels is still spinning. The additional wager allows for an enhancement of an outcome after all of the moveable reels have stopped spinning.
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1. A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game, comprising:
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a display for displaying a plurality of moveable reels having symbols located thereon during the wagering game, the symbols indicating a randomly-selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes; and
a wager-input device, wherein after at least a first one of the moveable reels has started spinning, an opportunity to make an additional wager via the wager-input device is presented while at least one of the moveable reels is still spinning, the additional wager allowing for an enhancement of an outcome after all of the moveable reels have stopped spinning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of conducting a wagering game, the method comprising:
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receiving a wager from a player;
randomly selecting a game outcome from a plurality of outcomes in response to the wager;
displaying the game outcome for the wagering game as symbols on a plurality of symbol-bearing reels in alignment along at least one payline;
presenting an opportunity to make an additional wager while at least one of the symbol-bearing reels is still moving; and
increasing a payout for a winning combination of the symbol-bearing reels, in response to receipt of the additional wager, when the winning combination includes a symbol located on at least one of the symbol-bearing reels that was moving when the opportunity was presented. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming terminal for playing a wagering game, comprising:
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at least one display; and
a controller coupled to the display and programmed to move symbols on a plurality of moveable reels across the display to indicate an outcome of a plurality of outcomes, present an opportunity to make a secondary wager after at least a first one of the moveable reels has started spinning and while at least one of the moveable reels is still spinning, and in response to receipt of the secondary wager, increasing a payout for a winning combination of the moveable reels, in response to receipt of the additional wager, when the winning combination includes a symbol located on the at least one of the moveable reels that was spinning when the opportunity was presented. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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