Player choice game feature

US8303395B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

• Edgar Pau · Rosebery, AU
• Colin Fong · Forbes, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gaming machine has display means and a game control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means An underlying game is played in which one or more random events are caused to be displayed on the display means and, if a predefined winning event occurs, the machine awards a prize. On the occurrence of a predefined event, the player is offered a choice of two or more different prize sets. Each set containing a plurality of prize outcomes, from which prize sets a prize is to be drawn and awarded to the player, typically by a random process. The prize is drawn from the prize set or sets selected by the player from the two or more different prize sets. The sets of prizes may be presented on segments of wheels that can spin or simulate spinning before stopping randomly on a segment which defines the prize outcome won by the player. Alternatively the sets of prizes are presented on the faces of dice which are arranged to spin or turn or simulate spinning or turning before stopping with the front face of the die defining the prize won by the player.