Gaming machine with concealed image bonus feature
US6347996B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3267
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gaming machine controlled by a processor in response to a wager, comprises a basic game and a bonus feature. The basic game includes a plurality of basic game outcomes. The plurality of basic game outcomes include a start-bonus outcome. The bonus feature is triggered by the start-bonus outcome and indicated on a visual display. The bonus feature includes a selection stage succeeded by a bonus stage. In the selection stage, the visual display initially depicts an assemblage of selectable elements that conceal a unified image. The elements are successively selected by the player and/or processor to generate bonus-opportunity outcomes until an element is selected that produces a stop-selection outcome. The elements associated with each bonus-opportunity outcome are removed from the assemblage to reveal those portions of the unified image concealed by those elements. In response to the stop-selection outcome, the bonus feature proceeds to the bonus stage. In the bonus stage, each bonus-opportunity outcome generated in the selection stage earns the player an opportunity to win a respective bonus in the bonus stage.
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