GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD PROVIDING A FIRST GAME AND A PLURALITY SECOND WAGERING GAMES EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A SEPARATE ACTIVATABLE COMPONENT OF THE FIRST GAME

• US 20110263312A1
• Filed: 04/27/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Baerlocher, Anthony J., Filipour, Cameron A., De Waal, Daniel J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,398,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/02 using falling playing bodies or playing bodies running on an inclined surface, e.g. pinball games bagatelle or similar games A63D13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3213 Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3286 Type of games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3297 Fairground games, e.g. Tivoli, coin pusher machines, cranes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A gaming system having a first skill, partial skill, or pseudo skill based game having a plurality of individually activatable designated components and a plurality of second chance based games each respectively associated with a different one of the individually activatable components of the skill based game. When each designated component of the first game is activated through one or player inputs, a corresponding chance based game associated with that designated component is activated. Each chance based game randomly determines whether the player wins an award. In one embodiment, the likelihood of activating each designated component is different and the chance based game associated with each different designated component is different.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a play of the game, to;

(a) display a skill related first game having a plurality of individually activatable components;

(b) display a plurality of separate chance based second games each respectively associated with a different one of the individually activatable components of the first game;

(c) for each individually activatable component of the first game, if that individually activatable component is activated a designated number of times, through a designated player input, trigger a play of the second game associated with said activated individually activatable component;

(d) for each triggered play of one of said second games;

(i) cause each triggered second game to randomly determine an outcome;

(ii) display the randomly determined outcome to the player; and

(iii) if the randomly determined outcome is one of a plurality of winning outcomes, display an award to the player, the award is determined at least in part by an amount of an effective wager placed on the play of the triggered second game; and

(e) provide any awards from the plays of the triggered second games to the player.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the likelihood of activating at least two designated component is different and the chance based game associated with each different designated component is different.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the displayed chance based second game is a reel slot game.

4. The gaming system of claim 3, wherein the reels associated with the reel slot game include at least one selected from the group consisting of:

mechanical reels and video reels.

5. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of individually activatable components displayed is an individually activatable bonus component, wherein the at least one individually activatable bonus component is selectively triggered upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition.

6. The gaming system of claim 5, wherein the chance based game associated with the individually activatable bonus component is a chance based bonus game.

7. The gaming system of claim 6, wherein an outcome for each activation of the chance based bonus game is associated with a bonus award greater than or equal to the amount of the associated effective wager placed on said activated chance based bonus game.

8. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein each of said second games has a designated return to player, wherein the designated return to player determines an average award amount provided from the second game as a percentage of said effective wager placed on said second game.

9. The gaming system of claim 8, wherein each of said designated return to player percentages is between 80% and 99.99%.

10. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein one of said second games is triggered when the associated individually activatable component is activated a designated number of times.

11. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device, for a play of the game, to;

(a) display a skill based first game having a plurality of individually activatable components;

(b) display a plurality of second games each respectively associated with a different one of the individually activatable components of the first game;

(c) enable a player to place an initial wager amount to play said first game for a gaming session of a designated length of time;

(d) for each individually activatable component, when that individually activatable component of the first game is activated through one or more player inputs in the gaming session;

(1) trigger the second game associated with the activated individually activatable component,

(2) place an effective wager amount on the triggered chance based game associated with the activated individually activatable component, the effective wager amount is a portion of the initial wager amount,

(3) display a play of the triggered chance based game;

(4) determine if the play of the displayed second game results in an award, and

(5) provide any of said determined awards to the player.

12. The gaming system of claim 11, wherein the effective wager amount is associated with the initial wager and the time of the gaming session.

13. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein the effective wager is determined by a percentage of time elapsed since a beginning of the gaming session.

14. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein the effective wager is determined by a percentage of time elapsed since the triggering of a previously activated chance based game.