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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2007
Applicants:

Anthony J. Baerlocher, Reno, NV (US);

Cari L. Blomquist, Reno, NV (US);

Darren Maya, Reno, NV (US);

Robert N. Silva, Reno, NV (US);

William J. Bussick, Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Anthony J. Baerlocher, Reno, NV (US);

Cari L. Blomquist, Reno, NV (US);

Darren Maya, Reno, NV (US);

Robert N. Silva, Reno, NV (US);

William J. Bussick, Reno, NV (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A gaming device that has an award modification function for player selectable awards that may be implemented with a primary or bonus game. More specifically, a processor controlled gaming device randomly generates a plurality of positions or digits of an award and enables the player to pick which position or digit receives a first randomly generated number, which digit receives a second randomly generated number, etc., until each of the positions have a number, whereby the gaming device determines the player's ultimate award. A plurality of modification methods can be employed to individually modify the digits of the award.


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