GAMING DEVICE HAVING A GRADUATED MULTIPLIER PAYOUT IN A SECONDARY GAME

摘要

An apparatus and method for a secondary game of a wagering gaming system, and particularly the increase of an award in the secondary game by the value of different multipliers associated with different amounts wagered in a primary game. A secondary game provides a total award to a player based on the multiplier associated with the wagered amount in the primary game by applying the multiplier to the amount of the award earned by the player in the secondary game. A particular wagerable amount may be associated with a multiplier that is predetermined, or randomly selected from a group of predefined multipliers, or selected from a group based on a probability. The range of possible combinations of wagerable amounts and multipliers are displayed to the player in the base game to provide an incentive to maximize the wager.

主权项

1. A gaming system comprising:
a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing and including an acceptor; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the plurality of input devices and the at least one display device to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on a monetary value associated with a physical item after the acceptor receives the physical item; (b) in response to receiving an input associated with one of a plurality of different wager amounts, place a wager on a play of a primary game, the wager having said one of the plurality of different wager amounts, the credit balance being decreasable by the wager amount of the placed wager; (c) for the play of the primary game, randomly generate and display a primary game outcome; (d) determine and display any primary game award associated with the primary game outcome, the credit balance increasable by any primary game award; (e) in response to an occurrence of a triggering event, initiate a play of a bonus game; (f) during the play of the bonus game:
(1) display a plurality of selections;(2) receive a pick of one of the plurality of selections; and(3) if said picked selection is associated with a bonus award:
(i) if the wager amount of the placed wager is a first wager amount, select one of a plurality of different modifiers of a first modifier set and modify the bonus award using the selected modifier, the credit balance being increasable by the modified bonus award; and(ii) if the wager amount of the placed wager is a second wager amount different from the first wager amount, select one of a plurality of different modifiers of a second modifier set and modify the bonus award using the selected modifier, the second modifier set including at least one modifier not included in the first modifier set, the credit balance being increasable by the modified bonus award; and (g) initiate a payout associated with the credit balance after receipt of an actuation of a cashout button.