Gaming device having an improved offer/acceptance bonus scheme
CA 2359170 A1 · Owner: Baerlocher, Anthony J. · Inventors: Webb, Bayard S.; Mead, Randall D.; Baerlocher, Anthony J.
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The present invention is a gaming device and preferably a bonus round game of a gaming device that enables a player to initiate a randomly generated number, wherein said number determines the number of positions that a position marker will move along an enclosed path. Each time the marker lands upon a previously unmarked position, the game provides an award associated with that position to the player. When the marker lands upon a previously marked position, the game ends. The present invention also contemplates updating or changing the values of unmarked or unselected positions along the enclosed path by preferably adding to each unmarked or unselected position the value of the award of a …
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- Filed October 15, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 15, 2021.
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