Gaming device and method for providing a game with a budget

• US 8,414,386 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Slomiany, Scott D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US13/479,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20120231877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• Field of Search: 463 11- 13, 463 16- 21, 463 39- 43, 463 25- 27
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• 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

Abstract

A game for a gaming machine having a plurality of different items to be selected by a player, each item having a value in an amount preset for a given bonus round, and a respective initial quantity in a preset amount. The player selects an item, such as one of many items for purchase in a store, and the value for that item is registered, along with subtraction of a unit from the quantity of that item. Provided that the quantity for that item selected is not then zero, the player continues to select another item, with registration of the value for that item and subtraction until an item is selected thereby having a zero quantity.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

a display device;

an input device;

a processor; and

a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate with said display device and said input device to;

(a) determine a budget for a play of a game,

(b) display a plurality of different selections,

(c) cause one of the plurality of different selections to be picked, wherein at least one of said selections may be picked a plurality of times,

(d) display to a player any award associated with said picked selection,

(e) reduce the determined budget for the play of the game, said reduction occurring, at least in part, based on the picked selection and said reduction occurring prior to and independent of another one of said selections being picked, and

(f) repeat (c) to (e) until the reduced budget for the play of the game has a predefined relationship to a designated budget.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions cause the processor to enable the player to pick said selections.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions cause the processor to display to the player the award associated with at least one of said selections before any of said selections are picked.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein:

(i) a first play of the game;

(A) is associated with a first wager amount,

(B) has a first average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a first budget, and

(ii) a second, different play of the game;

(A) is associated with a second, different wager amount,

(B) has a second, different average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a second, different budget.

5. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein:

(i) a first play of the game;

(A) is associated with a first triggering event,

(B) has a first average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a first budget, and

(ii) a second, different play of the game;

(A) is associated with a second, different triggering event,

(B) has a second, different average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a second, different budget.

6. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the reduced budget has the predefined relationship to the designated budget if the reduced budget equals the designated budget.

7. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the awards associated with at least one of the selections includes an amount of non-monetary credits.

8. A method of operating a gaming device, said method comprising:

(a) causing a processor to execute a plurality of instructions to determine a budget for a play of a game,

(b) causing a display device to display a plurality of different selections,

(c) causing one of the plurality of different selections to be picked, wherein at least one of said selections may be picked a plurality of times,

(d) causing the display device to display to a player any award associated with said picked selection,

(e) causing the processor to execute the plurality of instructions to reduce the determined budget for the play of the game, said reduction occurring, at least in part, based on the picked selection and said reduction occurring prior to and independent of another one of said selections being picked, and

(f) repeating (c) to (e) until the reduced budget for the play of the game has a predefined relationship to a designated budget.

9. The method of claim 8, which includes enabling the player to pick said selections.

10. The method of claim 8, which includes causing the display device to display to the player the award associated with at least one of said selections before any of said selections are picked.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein:

(i) a first play of the game;

(A) is associated with a first wager amount,

(B) has a first average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a first budget, and

(ii) a second, different play of the game;

(A) is associated with a second, different wager amount,

(B) has a second, different average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a second, different budget.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein:

(i) a first play of the game;

(A) is associated with a first triggering event,

(B) has a first average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a first budget, and

(ii) a second, different play of the game;

(A) is associated with a second, different triggering event,

(B) has a second, different average expected value, and

(C) is associated with a second, different budget.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the reduced budget has the predefined relationship to the designated budget if the reduced budget equals the designated budget.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of the awards associated with at least one of the selections includes an amount of non-monetary credits.

15. The method of claim 8, which is provided through a data network.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the data network is an internet.