Gaming system and method providing a selection game including a first set of selections associated with activatable selection game enhancements and a second set of selections associated with awards

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method providing a selection game including a first set of selections associated with a plurality of different activatable selection game enhancements and a different second set of selections associated with a plurality of different awards. Generally, for a play of the selection game, the gaming system enables a player to use a quantity of picks to pick one or more selections of the first set to cause the gaming system to activate certain of the selection game enhancements without providing awards and/or to pick one or more selections of the second set to cause the gaming system to provide certain of the awards. Each selection game enhancement, when active, causes the gaming system to modify at least one feature of the selection game to increase the value of the remainder of the play of the selection game.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a housing; at least one processor; at least one display device supported by the housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on a monetary value associated with a physical item following receipt of the physical item by the acceptor; (b) place a wager following receipt of an actuation of a wager button, the credit balance decreasable by the wager; (c) display a first set of one or more selections, each selection of the first set being associated with one of a plurality of different activatable selection game enhancements; (d) display a different second set of one or more selections, at least one selection of the second set being associated with one of a plurality of different awards, wherein each activatable selection game enhancement is associated with one or more of the plurality of different awards; (e) provide a player with an initial quantity of at least two picks; (f) enable the player to use one of the picks to pick one of the displayed selections of the first set or one of the displayed selections of the second set and reduce the player's quantity of picks after receiving a pick of one of the displayed selections; (g) if the picked selection is one of the one or more selections of the first set, activate the selection game enhancement associated with the picked selection and display an indication of the active selection game enhancement; (h) if the picked selection is one of the one or more selections of the second set:
(i) if any active selection game enhancements are associated with the award associated with said picked selection, modify the award associated with said picked selection in accordance with said active selection game enhancements and display the modified award, the credit balance increasable by the modified award; and(ii) if no active selection game enhancements are associated with the award associated with said picked selection, display the award associated with the picked selection, the credit balance increasable by the award; (i) repeat (g) to (h) if the player has at least one pick remaining; and (j) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance following receipt of an actuation of a cashout button.