Gaming system and method for providing a multiple round offer and acceptance game

• US 8,808,083 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Caputo, Scott A., Saunders, Brian F., Leupp, Jon M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): YEN, JASON TAHAI
• Application Number:
  US13/801,798
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 463/20
• 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 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems

Abstract

In various embodiments, the offer and acceptance game includes a plurality of rounds and a pool of displayed awards. For each round, the gaming system randomly selects one or more of the displayed awards of the pool of awards, wherein the quantity of randomly selected awards is determined by the player. For each round, the gaming system selects one or more of such selected award(s) and accumulates these selected award(s) for the player. For each round, the gaming system also removes each randomly selected award from the pool, such that, regardless of whether or not the randomly selected award is also accumulated for the player, the gaming system classifies each randomly selected award as unavailable to be selected for another round. Following the completion of a final round, the gaming system determines and displays a total award based on the awards accumulated for the player in each of the rounds.

Claims

1. A gaming system comprising:

at least one input device;

at least one display device;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to, for a play of a game;

(a) display a plurality of available awards to a player,

(b) randomly select one of the plurality of available awards,

(c) form an award subset including the randomly selected award,

(d) remove the randomly selected award from the plurality of available awards, wherein said removed award is unavailable to be randomly selected again for the play of the game, and

(e) if the randomly selected award is not a final award;

(i) enable the player to accept or reject the formed award subset,

(ii) if the player accepts the formed award subset;

(A) randomly select one of the awards from the formed award subset, and

(B) accumulate the randomly selected award from the formed subset of award, and

(iii) if the player rejects the formed award subset;

(A) randomly select another one of the plurality of available awards,

(B) add the other randomly selected award to the formed award subset, and

(C) repeat (d) to (e) at least once.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the play of the game includes a plurality of rounds and when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to repeat (b) to (e) for each of the rounds.

3. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to determine a total award based on the accumulated awards for each of the rounds.

4. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor if the randomly selected award is the final award, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to randomly select one of the awards from the formed award subset, and accumulate the randomly selected award from the formed subset of award.

5. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the awards of the formed award subset each have a different probability of being randomly selected from the formed award subset.

6. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to enable the player to reject the formed award subset a designated quantity of times.

7. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the at least one processor, the plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to provide to the player each award randomly selected from the plurality of available awards.

8. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of available awards is selected from the group consisting of:

a quantity of monetary credits, a quantity of non-monetary credits, a quantity of promotional credits, a quantity of player tracking points, a progressive award, a modifier, a quantity of free plays of at least one wagering game, a quantity of plays of at least one non-wagering game, a multiplier of a quantity of free plays of a game, at least one lottery based award, a quantity of credits usable for an online play of an online game, a quantity of virtual goods and an access code usable to unlock content on an internet.

9. A method of operating a gaming system, for a play of a game, said method comprising:

(a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of available awards to a player,

(b) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to randomly select one of the plurality of available awards,

(c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to form an award subset including the randomly selected award,

(d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to remove the randomly selected award from the plurality of available awards, wherein said removed award is unavailable to be randomly selected again for the play of the game, and

(e) if the randomly selected award is not a final award;

(i) enabling the player to accept or reject the formed award subset,

(ii) if the player accepts the formed award subset;

(A) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly select one of the awards from the formed award subset, and

(B) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to accumulate the randomly selected award from the formed subset of award, and

(iii) if the player rejects the formed award subset;

(A) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly select another one of the plurality of available awards,

(B) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to add the other randomly selected award to the formed award subset, and

(C) repeating (d) to (e) at least once.

10. The method of claim 9, which includes repeating (b) to (e) for each of a plurality of rounds of the play of the game.

11. The method of claim 10, which includes causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine a total award based on the accumulated awards for each of the rounds.

12. The method of claim 9, which includes, if the randomly selected award is the final award, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to randomly select one of the awards from the formed award subset, and accumulate the randomly selected award from the formed subset of award.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein a plurality of the awards of the formed award subset each have a different probability of being randomly selected from the formed award subset.

14. The method of claim 9, which includes enabling the player to reject the formed award subset a designated quantity of times.

15. The method of claim 9, which includes providing to the player each award randomly selected from the plurality of available awards.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of available awards is selected from the group consisting of:

a quantity of monetary credits, a quantity of non-monetary credits, a quantity of promotional credits, a quantity of player tracking points, a progressive award, a modifier, a quantity of free plays of at least one wagering game, a quantity of plays of at least one non-wagering game, a multiplier of a quantity of free plays of a game, at least one lottery based award, a quantity of credits usable for an online play of an online game, a quantity of virtual goods and an access code usable to unlock content on an internet.

17. The method of claim 9, which is provided through a data network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the data network is the internet.