Title: Providing an indication of a hidden bonus on a casino gaming apparatus
Abstract: A casino gaming apparatus may include a display unit capable of generating video images, a value input device, a user input device and a controller operatively coupled to the display unit. The controller may comprise a processor and a memory and may be programmed to allow a person to make a wager, to cause a video image to be generated on the display unit, to cause a bonus image to be generated on the display unit for a time period in response to a trigger event, to award a bonus in response to the person making an input via the user input device in response to generation of the bonus image on the display unit, and to determine a value payout associated with an outcome of the game.
Patent Number: 7,169,047 Issued on 01/30/2007 to Benbrahim
| Inventors: |
Benbrahim; Jamal (Reno, NV) |
| Assignee: |
IGT
(Reno,
NV)
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| Appl. No.:
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10/250,737 |
| Filed:
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March 28, 2002 |
| PCT Filed:
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March 28, 2002
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| PCT No.:
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PCT/US02/09977
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| 371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
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January 26, 2004
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| PCT Pub. No.:
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WO03/083799
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| PCT Pub. Date:
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October 09, 2003
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| Current U.S. Class: |
463/25 ; 463/16; 463/17; 463/18; 463/19; 463/20; 463/29; 463/30; 463/31 |
| Current International Class: |
G06F 17/00 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20060101) |
| Field of Search: |
463/20,42 273/273
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References Cited [Referenced By]
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