Method, apparatus, and program product providing a player selection wagering game with escalating prizes

摘要

Methods and gaming systems provide a player selection game in which the prizes available in the game increase in response to certain player selections from the various player selectable elements. Prizes are increased in a manner that makes it clear to the player that they have obtained an enhanced prize. In particular, prizes are increased in the course of the player selection game so that the lowest prize available after a prize increase is greater than the highest prize available prior to the prize increase.

主权项

1. A gaming method including:
(a) under control on one or more processors, anonymously displaying a number of player selectable elements through a display system of a gaming machine, each player selectable element being associated with a respective selection game result in a player selection game, wherein at least one of the selection game results comprises a respective prize value included in a first set of prize values and wherein at least one respective selection game result comprises a prize modification result; (b) receiving a number of player selection inputs through a player input system of the gaming machine, each respective player selection input selecting one of the player selectable elements which has not yet been selected; (c) in response to each player selection input, displaying the selection game result associated with the player selectable element selected with that player selection input; (d) in response to a first one of the player selection inputs which selects a player selectable element associated with the prize modification result, performing a first modification to modify the prize value associated with each respective player selectable element which has not yet been selected so that responsive to the first modification the prize value associated with each respective player selectable element which has not yet been selected is included in a second set of prize values made up of prize values which are each greater than the highest prize value included in the first range of prize values; and (e) through the gaming machine, awarding the prize value associated with each selected player selectable element at the time that player selectable element is selected.