Gaming device and method having purchasable enhanced paytables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992310-B2
Application number	US-201314055525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2013
Priority date	Nov 8, 2006
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

An apparatus and method for a game having a paytable selection feature which may be implemented with a primary or base game, a secondary or bonus game, or both. In one embodiment, the gaming device employs an initial paytable and enables a player pay a fee to purchase a different paytable for a plurality of plays of the game. If the player chooses to purchase a different paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome for a plurality of plays of the game and provides any awards based on the different paytable. If the player does not choose to select a different paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome for each of those plays and provides any awards based on the initial paytable. In one embodiment, the player has the opportunity to see the different paytable prior to paying the fee to purchase it.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one display device;
at least one input device; and
a controller configured to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to:
(a) enable a player to pay a fee including at least one non-monetary component to replace a first paytable with a second different paytable for one or more plays of a game;
(b) if the fee including the at least one non-monetary component i…

Assignees

• Igt Reno Nev

Inventors

• Baerlocher Anthony J

Classifications

• G07F17/3241

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3209

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3211

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3225

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/34

  Physics · mapped topic