Method for playing an auxiliary game within a primary game with a prize rewarding system
US6769984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3267
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method of processing primary game outcomes in order to determine a prize in an auxiliary game comprising: establishing a first class of outcomes associated with a credit event, a second class of outcomes associated with a no-credit event, a third class of outcomes associated with a non-event hold and a fourth class of outcomes associated with a tradable event in the auxiliary game; monitoring the credit events over a predetermined number of past events in said auxiliary game and awarding at least one prize when at least one of the predetermined numbers or configurations of credits occur. The method further allows the player to exchange tradable events for credit or no-credit events. This invention allows a plurality of primary games to share a common auxiliary game and balances, for each primary games, the chances of winning a prize in the auxiliary game.
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