| US 7,513,828 B2 | ||
| Gaming device having secondary game played in parallel with primary game | ||
| Binh T. Nguyen, Reno, Nev. (US); and Craig A. Paulsen, Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Assigned to IGT, Reno, Nev. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 17, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/780,088. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0181860 A1, Aug. 18, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—26 | 79 Claims |
| 1. A gaming device comprising:
at least one in put device;
a display device adapted to display a primary game and a secondary game, said secondary game having a winning outcome including
a plurality of gaming elements; and
at least one processor programmed to operate with said at least one input device and said display device to:
(a) display a play of the primary game upon a wager by a player, wherein if an outcome generated for the play of the primary
game is a winning outcome, an award associated with the generated outcome is displayed and wherein the play of the primary
game provides at least one of the gaming elements for the secondary game regardless of any event in the primary game and regardless
of any generated outcome of the primary game; and
(b) determine whether to display and provide the winning outcome in the secondary game, wherein said determination is based
upon the plurality of gaming elements provided for playing the primary game a plurality of times.
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