International Game Technology

Jean M Brossard

Anthony J Baerlocher

Joseph Randolph Hedrick

Joseph E Kaminkow

Lance R Peterson

Don C Stephan

Robert A Luciano, Jr

Chauncey Warner Griswold

Craig A Paulsen

Jean Pierre Legras

Dennis K Mead

A gaming device that provides a player with an opportunity to maximize a gaming device award. The gaming device presents the player with a display having a plurality of symbols and enables the player to choose one or more of the symbols. The game reveals the award(s) associated with the selected symbols but does not reveal which awards are associated with which symbols. The game then provides the player with one or more opportunities to upgrade the total award by deselecting one or more of the selected symbols and re-selecting another symbol for each deselected symbol.

Gaming device having value selection bonus

A gaming device is provided in which a plurality of possible prizes includes both monetary prizes and/or an audio and/or motion picture output a performance of a celebrity. The output which is provided is one of a plurality of stored celebrity performances preferably selected at random.

Audio visual output for a gaming device

An apparatus and method for playing a table game is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base, a table-top, and a payline display proximate the table-top. The table-top is adjustable into first and second positions relative to the base. The table game is intended to be played when the table-top is in its first position.

Slot-table game apparatus and method of playing slot-table game

The present invention is a gaming device that provides a player with an opportunity to maximize a gaming device award. The game presents the player with a display having a plurality of groups of masked awards and enables the player to choose a masked award from each of the groups. The game does not reveal the selected award and preferably provides an indication of which masked awards the player selected. The game then provides the player with one or more opportunities to upgrade the total award. In one optimization embodiment, the player upgrades the total award having only a total award indicator to guide the player. In another optimization embodiment, the game additionally provides an indication of the possible awards. In a further optimization embodiment, the game provides an indication of the possible awards and additionally the number of each that the player has selected.

Slot table game apparatus and method of playing slot-table game

An electronic gaming terminal includes a game portion which allows a user to select one component from among a plurality of components, in each of a plurality of categories. Preferably, at least one category relates to an entertainment component such a selecting a song, video or the like, and/or selecting an artist, performer and the like. A bonus prize is awarded in an amount correlating with the degree of correspondence with the selections made by the user and a final, preferably randomly selected, combination. In one aspect, one prize is awarded if a player correctly guessed only the artist and a higher prize or bonus is awarded if the player selected correctly both the artist and the song. In one embodiment, the player's selected song is performed during at least a portion of the bonus procedure.

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Reno, NV, United States of America

Jean M Brossard