WAGERING GAME, GAMING MACHINE, NETWORKED GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A PLAYER-SELECTABLE MULTI-GAME MIX AND MATCH FEATURE
First Claim
1. A method for operating a player-selectable dual wagering game, the method including:
- responsive to a side game player selection, displaying one or more selected side games;
displaying one or more base games, the base games and selected side games being operable simultaneously through one or more game processors;
responsive to a game initiation action by the player, randomly or pseudo-randomly determining the base game and side game outcomes; and
awarding any prize or award associated with winning game outcomes.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed in which a gaming machine provides a player-selectable base game and a player-selectable side game, both of which may be played and wagered upon concurrently or according to some play sequence. The selected base game may be one of several themes or types of game displayed on a portion of a primary display of the gaming machine and the selected side game may be one of several themes or types of game displayed on a remaining portion of the primary or an alternate display. The potential prizes may be stand-alone as with a prize table or networked as with a prize pool having fixed or progressive prizes.
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1. A method for operating a player-selectable dual wagering game, the method including:
- responsive to a side game player selection, displaying one or more selected side games;
displaying one or more base games, the base games and selected side games being operable simultaneously through one or more game processors;
responsive to a game initiation action by the player, randomly or pseudo-randomly determining the base game and side game outcomes; and
awarding any prize or award associated with winning game outcomes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- responsive to a side game player selection, displaying one or more selected side games;
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