Game with bonus display
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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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Abstract
A game such as a video poker or other card game is provided with a feature providing an incentive for multiple hand or multiple game play. In one embodiment, some or all of the cards of each hand, such as only necessary winning cards, are used to increment the value in corresponding memory locations. When a given memory location reaches a predetermined value, an indicator corresponding to that memory location and the corresponding card is illuminated. When all indicators are illuminated, the player wins a bonus which may be based on the amount wagered.
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28 Claims
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1. Apparatus for playing series of games, each series having a plurality of games, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for playing series of games, each series having a plurality of games, comprising:
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display means for displaying, under control of a computer, indications of gaming pieces; input means for receiving gaming input from said player and providing said input to said computer; said computer configured to control a display to provide an indication, to said user, 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. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for playing a series of games, comprising:
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a) providing a computer coupled to a display, an input device and a wager-acceptor; b) accepting at least a first wager from a player; c) incrementing a credit total and displaying on indication of a multi-game prize based on said credit total; d) playing one of said series of games; e) displaying an indication of progress towards a multi-game goal, different from said indication of a multi-game prize; f) repeating steps b) through c) and playing a second one of said series of games; g) incrementing or decrementing said indication of progress in response to said second one of said series of games; h) awarding said multi-game prize, based on said credit total, to said player when said multi-game goal is reached. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. Networked gaming apparatus for playing a series of games, comprising:
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at least first and second gaming terminals configured to display indications of simulated gaming pieces, said first and second gaming terminals each having an input device for receiving gaming input from first and second players, respectively, and providing said input to a computer; said computer coupled to at least a first display to provide an indication of progress towards a common multi-game goal, wherein play on each of said first and second gaming terminals generates a plurality of events, and wherein at least a first sub-plurality of events generated by either said first gaming terminal or said second gaming terminal result in progress towards said common multi-game goal, wherein said computer calculates, during or after at least some of said series of games, a credit total potentially available to at least one of said first and second players, and wherein a linked prize based on said credits is awarded to at least one of said first and second players when said common multi-game goal is reached. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method for playing a series of simulated poker games which involves play of N simulated cards, comprising:
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providing a computer coupled to a display, an input device and a wager-acceptor; providing N counters, each corresponding one of said simulated cards accepting at least a first wager from a player; incrementing a credit total by a predetermined portion of said wager; playing one of said series of simulated poker games; providing N regions, each providing an indication of a corresponding one of said N simulated cards and each being controllable to provide a first indication that the counter corresponding to the corresponding card has reached a predetermined minimum value, determining if said one of said series of simulated poker games resulted in a win for said player, and when there has been a win (a) incrementing said counters corresponding to simulated cards received by the user during play of said simulated card game which were necessary to said win; (b) controlling at least those regions corresponding to a simulated card which has a corresponding counter that has reached a predetermined minimum value to provide said first indication; and (c) awarding a prize having an amount equal to said credit total when all of said N counters has reached said predetermined minimum value. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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