Secondary game triggering technique for bonus game

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8715060
APP PUB NO 20140080569A1
SERIAL NO

13622267

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A secondary game is played continuously over a series of reel-type main games on a video gaming device, where the successful outcome of the secondary game is the initiation of a bonus game. Therefore, the player is enticed to keep playing due to the player's investment in the secondary game and the expectation of playing the bonus game. At the beginning of a playing session, a visual indicator, such as a colored tile, is located at each of the symbol positions. The virtual reels are then spun and randomly stopped to display random symbols. If there is a winning combination of symbols, such as three of a kind, the indicators at those symbol positions are changed, such as being extinguished. The player keeps playing the main games until there are no more indicators. When all indicators are extinguished, a bonus game is initiated.

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SPIELO INTERNATIONAL CANADA ULC328 URQUHART AVE MONCTON NEW BRUNSWICK E1H 2R6

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowron, Edward Shediac Bridge, CA 10 131

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