SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WAGERING GAME HAVING GUARANTEED WINS

摘要

A gaming system includes game-logic circuitry performing at least one regulated casino wagering game including a base game and a bonus game. The player accrues at least one of a number of free spins and a number of guaranteed wins for the bonus game. The free spins allow a player to win awards without further wagering. The guaranteed wins may trigger a re-spin of one or more free spins of the bonus game, result in a monetary award directly based upon symbols of a cash reel, or specify a minimum guaranteed wins threshold for a given base game or bonus game spin. The guaranteed wins may decrement with free spins when the free spin awards are above zero. Each guaranteed win remaining after all the free spins are completed may result in a cash reel displaying a symbol corresponding to a specific award.

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1. A gaming system primarily dedicated to playing at least one regulated casino wagering game having a base game and a bonus game, the gaming system comprising:
an electronic display device; one or more electronic input devices configured to receive a physical input from a player indicating a wager and transform the physical input into an electronic data signal; a random element generator configured to generate one or more random elements; and game-logic circuitry configured to:
determine an outcome of the base game based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements;grant an award in response to the outcome of the base game meeting a predetermined award criterion;in response to a triggering event, conduct the bonus game by directing the electronic display device to display indicia;in response to receiving data signals from at least one of the one or more electronic input devices indicative of indicia selections, award at least one of a free spin, a guaranteed win, or both, until a predetermined condition is met, wherein a positive number of guaranteed wins are accrued;direct the electronic display device to display a plurality of symbol-bearing reels for the bonus game;after the predetermined condition is met and while a number of the accrued free spins is greater than zero,
(i) spin and stop the plurality of symbol-bearing reels to display a symbol combination representing a free spin outcome based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements;(ii) in response to the displayed symbol combination being a non-losing outcome corresponding to a minimum award threshold, decrement the number of accrued guaranteed wins and grant an award corresponding to the displayed non-losing outcome;(iii) decrement the number of the accrued free spins; and(iv) repeat (i)-(iv) until the number of accrued free spins equals zero; andin response to any accrued guaranteed wins remaining after completing all the accrued free spins, display the spinning and stopping of at least one cash-spin reel for each of the remaining accrued guaranteed wins, the spinning and stopping being based, at least in part, on the one or more random elements, the at least one cash-spin reel being populated with one or more cash symbol specifying a monetary award amount, and in response to stopping the at least one cash-spin reel,
(i) decrement the number of accrued guaranteed wins; and(ii) grant an award corresponding to at least one of the displayed cash symbols.