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| Summary / Description | Device and method for a video slot machine, in which consumers placed wagers and were rewarded accordingly if images came up on the screen in a particular order. |
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6,869,360 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Konami Gaming Inc. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | multiple (see comments below) |
| URL | http://www.google.com/patents?i... |
| Filing Date | September 20, 2001 |
| Additional Information | |
| Notes | |
Excerpt Involved a device and method for a video slot machine – consumer placed a wager on the pay lines finishing in a particular order. The game also included the award of free games, extra credits, etc. Bonus games were also offered. An active border was also included on the game, which dealt with the award of bonus credits, games, etc. |
A gaming machine adapted to provide a main wagering game in response to a wager placed by a user, the main wagering game involving the selection and presentation of a plurality of symbols on a display and if a winning combination occurs, the gaming machine determines an award associated with the winning combination, the gaming machine further adapted to provide the user with the choice of gambling the determined award on a gamble game, wherein the expected return of the gamble game to the user is greater than 100%.
| Relevance | See columns 3-4 for explanation |
A gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein in the gamble game the gaming machine prompts the user to guess the value of a characteristic of a hidden symbol and if the guess is correct the user is awarded the award multiplied by a winning multiplier and if the guess is incorrect the user is awarded the award multiplied by a losing multiplier, wherein the winning multiplier is greater than one and the losing multiplier is greater than zero.
| Relevance | Refer to column 5 for explanation |
A gaming machine according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the gamble game is only provided to the user if a trigger event triggering the gamble game occurs during play of the main wagering game.
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A method for operating a gaming machine, the method including:
providing a main wagering game in response to a wager placed by a user, the main wagering game involving the selection and presentation of a plurality of symbols on a display and if a winning combination occurs, the gaming machine determines an award associated with the winning combination;
providing the user with the choice of gambling the determined award on a gamble game in which the user can gamble the award, wherein the expected return of the gamble game to the user is greater than 100%.
| Relevance | Refer to column 4 for explanation |
Instructions executable by a game controller to implement the method as described in anyone of claims 8 to 13.
| Relevance | See columns 6,8 and 9 for explanation |
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