Gaming device having a method for randomly generating a bonus round outcome
First Claim
1. A method for randomly generating a bonus round outcome in a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) triggering said bonus round which includes a plurality of awards, each of said awards having at least one activator associated therewith;
(b) randomly selecting an indicator for each award;
(c) determining for each award if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with the award;
(d) displaying and providing to a player a value associated with each award if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with said award; and
(e) ending said bonus round.
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Abstract
The method of the gaming device of the present invention contains a plurality of awards each having a value, a plurality of activators, a plurality of deactivators, and a set of indicators from which the activators and deactivators are chosen. The activators, deactivators and indicators are numbers. The controller of the gaming device randomly selects one of the indicators. If the plurality of activators includes the selected indicator, the player receives the value of an award. Conversely, if the plurality of deactivators includes the selected indicator, the player does not receive the value of an award. If the plurality of activators or deactivators is sequential, e.g. 1 through 5, the activator set or deactivator set can include a selected integer, for example 3, or a non-integer, for example 3.5. The implementor of the gaming device may predetermine the activators and deactivators or may add another layer of random generation, whereby the gaming device randomly selects the activators and deactivators from the set of indicators. In either case, the implementor can set the probability of success for each award to be any probability, 0 through 100%.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for randomly generating a bonus round outcome in a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) triggering said bonus round which includes a plurality of awards, each of said awards having at least one activator associated therewith;
(b) randomly selecting an indicator for each award;
(c) determining for each award if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with the award;
(d) displaying and providing to a player a value associated with each award if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with said award; and
(e) ending said bonus round. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for randomly generating a bonus round outcome in a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) triggering said bonus round which includes a plurality of awards, each of said awards having an activation probability and a set of indicators associated therewith;
(b) determining at least one activator for each award by multiplying said award probability by the number of indicators in said set;
(c) randomly selecting the number of activators from said set;
(d) randomly selecting an indicator from said set;
(e) determining for each award, if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with the award;
(f) displaying and providing to a player a value associated with each award if said indicator for said award is included in the activators associated with the award; and
(g) ending said bonus round. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for randomly generating an outcome in a gaming device, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a predetermined number of outcomes and at least one activator associated with each outcome;
(b) selecting at least one indicator;
(c) determining for each outcome if said selected indicator is one of the activators associated with said outcome; and
(d) displaying and providing a player each outcome where the indicator is one of the activators associated with said outcome. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A gaming device for generating a bonus round outcome comprising:
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a plurality of awards;
a value associated with each award;
at least one activator associated with each award;
a set of indicators;
a randomly selected indicator from said set, for each award; and
a display device, whereby a player receives said value associated with each award if the selected indicator for said award is one of said activators associated with said award, and said display device displays said values received by the player. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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