METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAY OF A GAME WITH NEGATIVE OUTCOMES

• US 20060252518A1
• Filed: 07/05/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew D. Rogers, Daniel E. Tedesco, David F. Zucker, Geoffrey M. Gelman, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Stephen C. Tulley
• Original Assignee: Andrew D. Rogers, Daniel E. Tedesco, David F. Zucker, Geoffrey M. Gelman, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Stephen C. Tulley
• Inventors: ZUCKER, David F., ROGERS, Andrew D., GELMAN, Geoffrey M., TEDESCO, Daniel E., TULLEY, Stephen C., JORASCH, James A., WALKER, Jay S.
• Application Number:
  US11/428,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20060252518A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3267 Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games

Abstract

Method and apparatus are described for conducting a secondary game at a gaming device. In various embodiments, a player may acquire equity in the secondary game in such forms as a location of a game character, a number of symbols aggregated, a degree of completion of a puzzle, or a defensive provision. Certain symbols or outcomes in a primary game, however, may cause the player to lose equity in the secondary game.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

initiating a secondary game at a gaming device, in which the course of the secondary game depends on outcomes of two or more handle pulls;

determining at a first time a first situation of the secondary game, in which the first situation includes a first amount of time available for completing the secondary game;

determining a first outcome; and

determining, at a second time, based on the first game situation and the first outcome, a second game situation, in which the second game situation includes a second amount of time available for completing the secondary game;

in which the difference between the first amount of time and the second amount of time is greater than the elapsed time between the first time and the second time.

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