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Gaming machine with feature triggering scheme

  • US 7,704,137 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2004
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of conducting a wagering game, the wagering game including a basic game and a bonus game, the method comprising:

  • tracking a number of the basic games played on a wagering game machine or on a wagering game system since a predetermined event using a processor and a memory, the processor being configured to update the memory to count the number of basic games played since the predetermined event;

    providing a first probability of triggering the bonus game;

    providing, in the memory or in another memory, a schedule that triggers the bonus game responsive to the counted number of basic games played since the predetermined event, the schedule comprising a plurality of different probabilities, the probability of triggering the bonus game increasing in the schedule with an increasing number of basic games played since the predetermined event; and

    automatically altering the first probability of triggering the bonus game to a second probability based on the counted number attaining at least a first predetermined threshold, the second probability being greater than the first probability but less than one-hundred percent,wherein the predetermined event comprises a bonus name or a triggering event for a bonus game.

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