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Game with bonus display

  • US 5,851,148 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1996
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for playing series of games, each series having a plurality of games, comprising:

  • a computer configured to display indications of simulated gaming pieces;

    an input device for receiving gaming input from a player and providing said input to said computer;

    said computer configured to control a display to provide an indication, to said player, of progress towards a multi-game goal, wherein, in at least one of said series, reaching said multi-game goal requires playing at least two games in said at least one of said series,wherein said computer calculates, during or after at least some of said series of games, a credit total potentially available to said player, and wherein a multi-game prize based on said credits is awarded said player when said multi-game goal is reached;

    said credit total and said indication of progress being reset to beginning credit and initial progress values, respectively, when said prize is awarded to said player.

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