A - Human Necessities – 63 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
63
F
A63F 13/00 (2006.01) G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2389949
A computer implemented electronic game includes a wheel of fortune game with odds of a jackpot greatly in excess of the number of indicia on a simulated wheel. In one embodiment, a virtual mapping allows a bonus indicium of the wheel to be given a l :M chance of being landed on, even though the bonus position is one of N positions on the simulated wheel. A random number L is chosen between l and M and this number is mapped to a number between l and N. The display of the wheel if controlled to simulate stopping of the wheel at the Ith indicium where L is mapped to I. In one embodiment, by using successive wheel spins, the odds of moving to the next round are multiplied to achieve an overall odds of winning a jackpot. In one embodiment there is a 1:50 chance of entering a bonus screen from a main slot machine/phrase completion screen, a 1:20 chance of landing on a bonus position in a first wheel spin, a 1:40 chance of landing on a bonus position for a second wheel spin and a 1:200 chance of landing on a bonus position for a last wheel spin to provide an overall odds of a jackpot of 1:8 million.
Baerlocher Anthony J.
Crowder Robert W. Jr.
Lam Yin Zin Mark
Morro Stephen W.
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Igt
International Game Technology
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