Method, system, and program product for providing predetermined-prize bonus round play in a game

摘要

In a method, apparatus and program product for adding a "predetermined-prize bonus" round to a game, such a bonus round includes activity that leads to the revealing of a hidden result for the game. Where the underlying game comprises a bingo game, the game play result includes a bingo card pattern and payout amount for an otherwise ordinary result of the game. A player makes a selection in the predetermined-prize bonus round, but the selection has no affect on the amount awarded for the game, since the amount is determined prior to the player's selection.